If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up.

...They are merely scars, not mortal wounds and you must use them to propel you forward.

Opposites can attract, as in magnetism. Or explode, as in matter and antimatter.

Why (he wondered rhetorically) do people who have a position that's being attacked constantly state that they have a right to say it, as if the right itself-rather than the statement-has been challenged?

There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point.

When...has a mugging case ever heard a defense attorney claim, 'Your Honor, the victim was dressed in an Armani suit and wearing a Rolex. Clearly he was begging to be assaulted.'

If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up.