In hospitals I feel palpable comfort. I feel the competence, the expertise, so much education and money, all of the supplies sterile, everything packaged, sealed tight. My fears evaporate when the automatic doors shush open.

But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what it's like to internalize all that chaos.

Why shouldn’t your curiosity about the world be rewarded?

WHEN we don't get the results we want in our military endeavors, we don't blame the soldiers.

I still get my news from the newspaper in the morning. I just have an affection for paper, and that's no secret, I guess.

If you don't want anyone to know about your existence, you might as well kill yourself. You're taking up space, air.

His lies were so exquisite I almost wept.