The truth was stranger than the official fiction.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

In a book, even the real bastards can't hurt you. And you can never loose a friend you make in a book. When you get to a sad part, no one's there to see you cry. Or wonder why you don't cry when you should.

What will happen will happen. There is time for miracles until there is no more time, but time has no end.

Good fences make good neighbors, and these were apparently good enough that they had not felt the need for razor wire at the top. I crested the fence, threw myself into the yard beyond, fell, rolled to my feet, and ran with the expectation of being garroted by a taut clothesline. I heard panting, looked down, and saw a gold retriever running at my side, ears flapping. The dog glanced up at me tongue rolling, grinning, as though jazzed by the prospect of an unscheduled play session.

The truth was stranger than the official fiction.

Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself.