It is the objective of the protagonist that keeps us in our seats.
I've always been more comfortable sinking while clutching a good theory than swimming with an ugly fact.
No one enjoys being equal.
The secret knowledge is there's nobody home but us chickens. The Constitution was written by a bunch of regular guys who tried to get together and thrash out a contract under which they could get together that would keep people together.
Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit.
My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library.