Occasionally, the horrors of life in North Korea do show up in our American satire.

Let the meek have the kingdom of heaven. The strong shall rule on earth.

I'm sorry I'm not more cultured. I'll watch PBS. And cut people open for fun. Will that be better? Will you be less embarrassed to be my fledgling then?

I am sorry the only outlet for her troubled mind was in clumsy foreplay with an inadequate partner." He threw the rest of her sandwich at the swinging door as she passed through it.

The attitude of, I will never self-publish, coming from any author, indicates that they have never been in a position where it is their only option.

One minute she acts like she wants to be with me and I'm the one rejecting her. The next, she's got this barbed wire fence and barking dogs around her, like I can't even ask her the simplest questions." "And here I was assuming you didn't care about her." Stabbing his fingers through his hair, he groaned, "I don't!" "And you make it perfectly clear." Men. Idiots.

If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies.