There's no disillusionment like learning that forbidden fruit can be unpleasant.

It's easy to respond to the hate cries, usually carefully wrapped up in a flag. Perhaps hate is the greatest simplifier of them all. It's the man with the throb in his voice, the man with the easy formula, the man who tries to shout to my emotions instead of speaking to my mind, the man who is sure he is right that I run from like hell.

The strength of weak people constantly appalls me. Have you ever seen a vine kill an oak tree? Deadly.

a fair degree of literacy of speech ... is increasingly rare in politicians and not necessarily regarded as an asset.

gossip is just the small change of conversation.

People don't really change. Not fundamentally. When they surprise us, it is because we failed to recognize their potentialities.

The young never take anything seriously if it sounds simple.