Earth and air, fire and water, the stars in their courses, the high tide of destiny and the Will of divine Providence are all arrayed against the forces of oppression. -- Louis Gregory

Replace dabbling with laser-beamfocus on something important.

Lucky people should hide. Pray the days of wrath do not visit their home.

What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.

I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.

I support copyright. I mean it is intellectual property, it is the thought process of someone and those things should always be protected.

When an older writer tries to tell a younger writer through a review what kind of career she should be pursuing, it tends to speak to the reviewer's anxieties rather than the book itself.

Man's shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.

Take the back roads instead of the highways.

Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide.

If you don’t vote, you don’t matter.