Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it.
There are few things under heaven more unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and hatred of a people.
It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.
A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees.
Hatred is always self hatred, and there is something suicidal about it.
Heavenly witnesses are a tricky lot, to be used by whoever is closest to Heaven at the time. And legend and theology, which are designed to sanctify our fears, crimes, and aspirations, also reveal them for what they are.