The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.

Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.

Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.

If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.

A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status.

Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.

Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.