the true and the plausible are rarely the same.

the unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives.

Privacy is like sleep - something you don't appreciate until you have to go without it.

Other people's children, like other people's love affairs, were so much less interesting than one's own.

money is an acquired taste that grows as it is fed.

Every criminal leaves psychic fingerprints. And he can't wear gloves to hide them.

the old ploy of the powerful: never refuse when you can confuse. Distraction and delay are always better than obstruction.