Pain is a part of growing-up. It is how we learn.
The blind see what they want to see.
Everyone thinks that religion is the ball and chain. But the reality is that sin is the ball and chain. A relationship with Christ is the freedom that people are looking for in alcohol and drugs.
It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.
Anyone who said power was not addictive had never really experienced it.
It seemed there was always a close correlation between true believers and high body counts.