When you're counting alibis and not apples, one plus one equals none.

People, alas, are more impressed by statistics than they are by ideas.

the smell of lilacs crept poignantly into the room like a remembered spring.

I didn't mind giving up carnality, jewelry and red meat in return for comradeship and an afterlife.

You have what is known as a lot of character, meaning you can be wrong at the top of your lungs.

Violence is the instinctive response to fear.

The sun was shining like a congratulation.