The proper way to understand any social system was to view it from above.

The proper way to understand any social system was to view it from above.

To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe what you see. Words cannot convey the scale of a view that is so stunning it is felt.

I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand.

Remember that anybody who is clever enough to set you free is clever enough to enslave you.

I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. Its always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact its so supple and sly.

All men want their whores to be unhappy.