To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.

He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, "I love you, Mother." He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.

Money was the manure of politics.

Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not at all averse to a confrontation. In fact, I had been hoping for some such thing.

Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.