A father is a reality-concealing machine, a machine for dishing up lies to kids, and that isn't even the worst of it: secretly he believes that he represents reality.

The only people in this world I really trust are my fans - even if they do forget you so fast.

They had laid the tender, down-ruffled little bird on a platter and appeared now to be pondering a way to eat out its heart without causing it distress.

And it seemed increasingly obvious that the world would have to topple if he was to attain the glory that was rightfully his. They were consubstantial: glory and the capsized world.

This time, Fusako was able to express herself with fluency and candor. The bold letters she had been writing week after week had granted her an unexpected new freedom.

To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous

Anti-digital mindsets are those “status quo” types of thinking, authoritarian attitude, and bureaucratic decision-making.

I was good at being charming, one of my very few vanities.

I like peace and solitude and silence.

Pat Robertson had decided that global warming was real and we need to do something about it struck me as powerful evidence that the Holy Spirit is hard at work in this question.

Associate with those who help you believe in yourself.

Government is supposed to be about how we do things together, and we can do that much more together if we use technology smartly right now.

Last guy I was interested in turned out to be an incestuous necrophiliac," she said. "So no, not currently dating, and definitely not doing any more shopping in the 'sociopath' category

The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities.

To love and be loved is all we know and all we need to know.

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.