I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. A confused people can make no clear demands.

You're getting well,' Samuel said. 'Some people think it's an insult to the glory of their sickness to get well. But the time poultice is no respecter of glories. Everyone gets well if he waits around.

Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of a human need for it, and it has not changed except to become more needed

A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers.

People like you to be something, preferably what they are.

The Mexican War was a training ground for generals, so that when the sad self-murders settled on us, the leaders knew the techniques for making it properly horrible.

Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.