We can lie to ourselves, saying we believe one thing, and sometimes we convince other's it's true, with the hope that by convincing others, we can convince ourselves. Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.

Good in Crisis; Sucks at Normal.’ That about sums up my whole life, doesn’t it?

History is written by the victors--and when there is no victors, it all winds up in the corporate shredders.

Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.

How can you do the right thing when you can't figure out what that is? When all you have before you are choices in various shades of wrong?

Which is worse, Risa often wondered, to have tens of thousands of babies that no one wanted or to silently make then go away before they were even born

That's what law is: educated guesses at right and wrong.