I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.

I'm not a pacifist by any measure, but I'm also fully aware that the reasons I might go to war could be very dubious.

I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.

I don't think the revisionist historians are accurate. I think their agendas are clouded by selfishness and anger and rage.

I remember when people used to think I was smart. I remember when people used to think my brain was useful. Damaged by water, sure. And ready to seizure at any moment. But still useful, and maybe even a little bit beautiful and sacred and magical.

Listen you have to read a book three times before you know it.

The librarian spoke in a reverential whisper. Corliss knew she'd misjudged this passionate woman. Maybe she dressed poorly, but she was probably great in bed, certainly believed in God and goodness, and kept an illicit collection of overdue library books on her shelves.