Habit is far stronger than the lessons of experience.

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

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

To the Latin, cynicism and middle age are synonymous. Look at our politicians - they move through their careers from left to center to right, like the hands of a clock.

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.

The experiences of the heartless are so limited. It is hate that is blind. Love may miss a flaw here and there, but hate misses beauty everywhere.

Thunderstorms were rare in California, but when they came they were, like most things in California, larger than life.