There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards. That's soul-destroying. The other way around is merely very, very irritating.

If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?

A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.

I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.

Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it.

You can say a lot in a little time, if you stick to words of one syllable.

I'd storm heaven for you, if I knew where it was.