This novel is fiction, except for the parts that aren't.
The rules of grammar exist in large part to permit readers and writers to operate from a shared set of expectations.
Exercise invigorates the body and sharpens the mind.
In science, the old men are usually wrong. But in politics, the old men are wise, counsel caution, and in the end are often right.
He prays because he knows he doesn't control it. He's at the mercy of it.
The academic world was marching toward ever more specialized knowledge, expressed in ever more dense jargon.