First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.

...it is in the very fundamentals of evil that one always condemns it when they see it but rationalizes it when they do it.

Decadence is wonderful.

I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes.

Just because your whole life is going to hell doesn't mean you have to walk there.

You can’t be a non-conformist if you don’t wear the proper uniform.

I am a registered Democrat (there are only two Republicans in Maryland and they're both in office) and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office myself.