Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.

The contradictory remarks of politicians are forgotten; the more asinine predictions of pundits are buried with mercy.

Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation.

Goldstein, you'd be a pretty good boy if you wasn't so chicken.

Since great writers communicate a vision of existence, one can't borrow their methods. The method is married to the vision.

Part of the oncoming demise (of New York during its terrible fiscal crisis) is that none of us can simply believe it. We were always the best and the strongest of cities, and our people were vital to the teeth. Knock them down eight times and they would get up with that look in the eye which suggests the fight has barely begun.

The ultimate tendency of liberalism is vegetarianism.