There is much unexplained in the world. It behooves us to be wary at all times. Just when you think you've got the hang of it, along comes string theory, collateralized debt obligations or Björk's new album, and bam! You're as confused as you were when you first started.

Humpty had always sat on walls, it was his way.

Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition.

I have the death sentence in seven genres.

For a taste that's a bit more distinct, eat a bird before it's extinct.

He was, after all, the ultimate rebel -- it takes a lot of cojones to stand up to Zeus.

Fiction wouldn't be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere.