Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.

I want to be the kind of boy you are, thought Bean. But I don’t want to go through what you’ve been through to get there.

And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name.

Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and corrupting your judgment.

The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid when I was a stupid undergraduate, but which gave me the foundation of general knowledge that makes a career as a writer possible.

History is an omlette. THe eggs are already broken.