All living things on earth are kindred.
A critic is to an author as a fungus to an oak.
Lightning streaks like gunfire through the clouds, volleys of thunder shake the air.
In marriage, the occasional catastrophic crisis is easier to manage than the daily routine.
For this world that men have made, none of us is bad enough. For the world that made us, none is good enough.
I'm a humanist; I'd rather kill a man than a snake.