Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way.

A bad review may spoil your breakfast, but you shouldn't allow it to spoil your lunch.

The ideal of brotherhood of man, the building of the Just City, is one that cannot be discarded without lifelong feelings of disappointment and loss. But, if we are to live in the real world, discard it we must.

When I find someone I respect writing about an edgy, nervous wine that dithered in the glass, I cringe. When I hear someone I don't respect talking about an austere, unforgiving wine, I turn a bit austere and unforgiving myself. When I come across stuff like that and remember about the figs and bananas, I want to snigger uneasily. You can call a wine red, and dry, and strong, and pleasant. After that, watch out.

Politics is a thing that only the unsophisticated can really go for.

When starting to think about any novel, part of the motive is: I'm going to show them, this time.

He who truly believes he has a hangover has no hangover.