If you want to tell grown-up fairy tales, you have to look for the dark side.

I had a very happy childhood.

I want to be a guileless rook to discolor the blackness of all crafty human hearts

Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice more drunkards than thirst and perhaps as many suicides as despair.

I'm trying to do the paleo diet. No carbs.

We need to learn that truth consists not in correct doctrine, but in correct doctrine plus the inward enlightenment of the Holy Spirit.

An idea upon which attention is peculiarly concentrated is an idea which tends to realize itself.

Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.

When did one man ever civilize a people?

It's hard to find female leads that are flawed and interesting and dynamic.

The enemy of the "best" is often the "good."

In my view, [the trade deficit] will create political turmoil at some point...Pretty soon, I think there will be a big adjustment.