Why was it, Lloyd wondered, that the people who wanted to destroy everything good about their country were the quickest to wave the national flag?

I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.

A baby was like a revolution, Grigori thought: you could start one, but you could not control how it would turn out.

One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique.

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

I started writing stories in my spare time.

But desperate people find courage.