Madness is locked beneath. It goes into tissues, is swallowed by the cells. The cells go mad. Cancer is their flag. Cancer is thegrowth of madness denied.

Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body - it just wears it out.

Like all men who are Napoleonic in their ambitionshe has instincts about the nature of growth, a lover's sense of the momentof crisis, and he knewhow costly is defeat when it is not soothed by greater consciousness, and how wasteful is the profit of victory when there is not the courage to employ it.

Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.

Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.

Culture is worth a little risk.

I always start a book for money. If you're married five times you have to.