Fear is just another word for ignorance.

Coming of age in a fascist police state will not be a barrel of fun for anybody, much less for people like me, who are not inclined to suffer Nazis gladly and feel only contempt for the cowardly flag-suckers who would gladly give up their outdated freedom to live for the mess of pottage they have been conned into believing will be freedom from fear.

She was wearing the same clothes, but now she looked haggard and dirty. The delicate illusions that get us through life can only stand so much strain.

I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my instincts were right.

Any combination of a 250-pound Mexican and LSD-25 is a potentially terminal menace for anything it can reach

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.

Those of us that had been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts, we wanted strong drink. We were, after all, the cream of the national sporting press.