There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh.

Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock.

Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. This is as true of humans as it is of gas molecules in a sealed flask. The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who so survive.

A man's flesh is his own; the water belongs to the tribe.

There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin.

Blood is thicker than water, but politics are thicker than blood.

Grief is the price of victory.