It may be that the books that were best liked in your lifetime are not the ones that are best liked 100 years later.
All names mean something.
Believe in your own eyes and you'll get into a lot of trouble, hot water, a mess.
You can find shame in every house, burning in an ashtray, hanging framed upon a wall, covering a bed. But nobody notices it any more.
Why speak if you can't manage perfect thoughts, perfect sentences?
No, I don't think it's fair to label Islam 'violent.' But I will say that to my knowledge, no writer has ever gone into hiding for criticizing the Amish.