It's all very well to put the government in the hands of the perfect man, but what do you do when the perfect man gets a bellyache?

Someday I’d like to see something rise up out of the earth –just for the sake of variety.

The notion that any one person can describe 'what really happened' is an absurdity. If ten - or a hundred - people witness an event, there will be ten - or a hundred - different versions of what took place. What we see and how we interpret it depends entirely upon our individual past experience.

Events are like horses. Sometimes they run away. After they've run for a while, though, they'll start to walk again. Then there'll be a time to put everything together.

When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom.

Don't wrench your shoulder out of its socket trying to pat yourself on the back," Beldin said sourly.

All I knew was that I would die if he sent me away. He shrugged. You can cut a man’s heart out with a shrug, did you know that?