Of course we have free will because we have no choice but to have it.

In our native terms, the ironic style is often compounded with the sardonic and the hard-boiled; even the effortlessly superior. But irony originates in the glance and the shrug of the loser, the outsider, the despised minority. It is a nuance that comes most effortlessly to the oppressed.

One can't indefinitely do for somebody what he is reluctant to do for himself.

Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way.

How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.