Karass: A group of people linked in a cosmically significant manner, even when superficial linkages are not evident

Why had he assumed time was some sort of infinite resource? Now the hourglass had busted open, and what he’d always assumed was just a bunch of sand turned out to be a million tiny diamonds.

Fiction described reality better than non-fiction.

It occurred to Anita that hatred and dislike and even indifference were all luxuries, born of the mistaken belief that anything could last forever.

Do you think it is better to fail at something worthwhile, or succeed at something meaningless

Wasn't there only one respectable memento of a man worth keeping, the kind that draws Valentines and learns to spell Mississippi?

Only a real man has the right to stand at the pinnacle.

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice he wants and I give it to him.

I think that, especially as the kids are growing up, they have so much stuff going on in their own lives, they don't really know how much they're looking at their mom as the big problem

this might be the happy ending without the ending

I'm talking about the finding in October that is public now of 17 different intelligence agencies saying Russia tried to meddle with our elections.

I don't want to copy the people I admire - I'd rather find out what inspired them and try to find my own way through it.

The instruments for the quest for Truth are as simple as they are difficult.

You just can't have a position where some pumped up bunyip potentate dismisses an elected government.

It takes long practice, yes. You have to work. Did you think you could snap your fingers, and have it as a gift? What is worth having is worth working for.