If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.
Don't put anything into a story that does not reveal character or advance the action.
The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there.
Anyone unable to understand how useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.
All these years, I've been opening the window and making love to the world.
Beer, of course, is actually a depressant, but poor people will never stop hoping otherwise.