I will love you forever, he thought. I am lying, he thought, and this time he was right

We were all fated to die, and so it is good that at least we can be sure our deaths today might bring about a good end, might make the world a better place.

The nations that offer to arbitrate are the ones that think they should rule the world.

When have you ever seen someone who had no doubts who was also correct about anything?

When I write fiction, I create characters whose views are not my own, and I allow them to be eloquent in defense of their, not my, views.

I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know.

The only way to retrieve a secret,once known, is to replace it with a lie.