Social media is called social media for a reason. It lends itself to sharing rather than horn-tooting.

I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people scolded me about the shocking grammar to be found online - but I was talking about fundamentals: quite simply, you can't use the net unless you can read.

There would be no Sherlock Holmes if it were not for serial publication.

The sands of time are quicksands ... so much can sink into them without a trace.

Once in a while, Jimmy would make up a word but he never once got caught out. ... He should have been pleased by his success with these verbal fabrications, but instead he was depressed by it. The memos telling him he'd done a good job meant nothing to him; all they proved was that no one was capable of appreciating how clever he had been. He came to understand why serial killers sent helpful clues to the police.

When a man is attacked in print, it's usually for saying what he says; when a woman is attacked in print, it's often for being who she is.

I felt white, drained of blood, cared for, purified. Peaceful.