Intellectually I'm probably a Republican.

Let your pain be my sorrow. Let your tears be my tears too. Let your courage be my model. That the north you find will be true.

The logical process will often be the safe one. I tend, when I'm given that choice, to go the way that's not safe.

Melancholy is no bad thing.

I was recruited to teach 9-year-olds. I taught for two years.

I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.

Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong. To win a bloodless battle, the victory is long. A simple act of faith, reason over might. To blow up his children would only prove him right.