Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.
It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly.
Honor to the earth," the abbot said, "honor to the dead in the passing of the year; honor to the living, in the coming of the new. A Great Year passes tonight. A new one begins. Let the good that is old continue and let the rest perish.
Never start a war with something you can't talk to.
Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.
Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!