Never mind that the story had turned out to be lies and foolishness—there was always folks stupid enough to say, Where there's smoke there's fire, when the saying should have been, Where there's scandalous lies there's always malicious believers and spreaders-around, regardless of evidence.

My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer.

Once you duct-tape a Ziploc bag to a man's chest, there's no going back.

The opposite of the happy ending is not actually the sad ending-the sad ending is sometimes the happy ending. The opposite of the happy ending is actually the unsatisfying ending.

So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other.

Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room.

We have to go. I'm almost happy here.