The Problem With Death Is Absence

The Belief In Potential Human Virtue Underlies The Whole Idea Of The Bill Of Rights; The Document Is A Very Tough Guardian Of That Belief.

If A Man Spends Enough Time In A Library, He May Actually Change His Mind. I Have Seen It Happen.

If The Sad Truth Be Known, Writers, Being The Misfits We Are, Probably Ought Not To Belong To Families In The First Place. We Simply Are Too Self-interested, Though We May Excuse The Flaw By Calling It 'focused.'

Blame Is Especially Useful In Situations In Which There Is No Apparent Villain-those Moments That Prove, Despite Our Advancement Of Learning, How Susceptible We Are To High Winds And Wet Roads.

For Those At Home, As Well As For Those In Battle, War Is Curiously Disabling. The Mere Realization That One's Country Is At War Poisons The Bloodstream, Creates An Incessant Mood Of Worry That Infiltrates Even The Most Casual Moments.