We were all gun nuts and they were called varmints, crows were, because they ate grain and so did we.

The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were.

All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist.

Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided.

The more pain I train myself to stand, the more I learn. You are afraid of pain now, Unk, but you won't learn anything if you don't invite the pain. And the more you learn, the gladder you will be to stand the pain.

Homo Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns.

There's only one me, and I'm stuck with him.