If anything attacked us, we could just panic at it until it went away.

When Rome burned, the emperor's cats still expected to be fed on time.

It's not hard to marginalize people when they've already done it to themselves.

We hated each other so well and loved each other so badly...

Only an idiot would trust a Kelpie this close to the water. Getting on its back with the scent of the sea in the air would be a fast, painful means of suicide, and I'm not a fan of pain.

Humanity has always had a flair for guilt by association.

I don't believe in inspiration. I write when I can't avoid writing anymore.

The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and a friend to her foe

A rational man knows-or makes it a point to discover-the source of his emotions, the basic premises from which they come.

However, the Government has made it clear that we do not encourage the recruitment of teachers from developing nations where there may be an adverse effect on the economy.

In a house without a genuine kitchen, one of the delights of growing up is lost.

His statement to himself should have been, 'I possess this now, therefore I am happy', instead of what it so Victorianly was: "I cannot possess this for ever, and therefore am sad."

The middle has not enough class that I think about the middle class.

We're not as different as we think we are.

Organizer is kind of a grand term for what I was doing.

The quality of government, I suppose, is determined not by what happens, but by how you react to what happens.