Civilization is a fiction which becomes a fact only as long as everyone can believe in it. It is the cynic, rather than the rebel, who pulls down the whole flimsy structure periodically throughout history.

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

Wouldn't it be kinder to say that a lie is a short work of fiction? 'A story' as my daughter says?

Civilization is a fiction which becomes a fact only as long as everyone can believe in it. It is the cynic, rather than the rebel, who pulls down the whole flimsy structure periodically throughout history.

Habit is far stronger than the lessons of experience.

Were modern cities only beautiful after darkness hid everything but their lights?

At twenty your choices are almost unlimited. At fifty you're a prisoner of past decisions. At seventy you have no free will left at all.