The smoke alarm went off in the hallway upstairs, either to let us know the battery had just died or because the house was on fire.

It occurred to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain.

Prayer is a practical strategy, the gaining of temporal advantage in the capital markets of Sin and Remission.

It is so much simpler to bury reality than it is to dispose of dreams

If you know you're worth nothing, only a gamble with death can gratify your vanity.

Not long ago, a novelist could believe he could have an effect on our consciousness of terror. Today, the men who shape and inflence human consciousness are the terrorists.

the instant he knew he loved her, she slipped down his body and out of his arms