I figured something out," he said aloud. "The future is unpredictable." Hassan said, "Sometimes the kafir likes to say massively obvious things in a really profound voice.

Coal miners don't get coal miners' block.

still, what could i say? that i didn't just feel depressed - instead, it was like the depression was the core of me, of every part of me, from my mind to my bones? that if he got blue, i got black? that i hated those pills so much, because i knew how much i relied on them to live?

We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors . . . But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters.

What's that?" "The laundry basket?" "No, next to it." "I don't see anything next to it." "It's my last shred of dignity. It's very small.

The United States Congress, like a lot of rich people, lives in two houses.

I think all true stories are hopeful stories. I don't think there's any room for nihilism.