It is surely unreasonable to credit that only one small star in the immensity of the universe is capable of developing and supporting intelligent life. But we shall not get to them and they will not come to us.

It is always easy to question the judgement of others in matters of which we may be imperfectly informed.

The great tragedy of Alzheimer's disease, and the reason why we dread it, is that it leaves us with no defence, not even against those who love us.

Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe.

Suicide is the most private and mysterious of acts, inexplicable because the chief actor is never there to explain it.

Publishers don't nurse you; they buy and sell you.

Feel, he told himself, feel, feel, feel. Even if what you feel is pain, only let yourself feel.