Everybody falls, and we all land somewhere.

The suicidally disgruntled were legion, And their enemies included any and all Americans, Brits, Canadians, Danes, et cetera; or, conversely, all Moslems, dark-skinned people, non-English-speakers, immigrants; all Catholics, fundamentalists, atheists; all liberals, all conservatives...For such people the consummate act of moral clarity was a lynching or a suicide bombing, a fatwa or a pogrom. And they were ascendant now, rising like dark stars over a terminal landscape.

We're all born strangers to ourselves and each other, and we're seldom formally introduced.

For such people the consummate act of moral clarity was a lynching or a suicide bombing, a fatwa or a pogrom. And they were ascendant now, rising like dark stars over a terminal landscape .

An honest book is almost as good as a friend.

If I am an agnostic, Calyxa, it's because I'm also a realist.

You never stop being a parent, Adam, no matter how old or wise your child becomes you'll see.