(and Catholics give out forgiveness at about the same rate as politicians give out promises and whores give out)

World makers, social network makers, ask one question first: 'How can I do it?'

People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.

It made me feel that I had to work very hard, but I've always felt I had to work very hard to get my own approval.

No matter what anyone says, suicide takes guts. It's for heroes and martyrs, truly vainglorious men. Archie was none of these. He was a man whose significance in the Greater Scheme of Things could be figured along familiar ratios: Pebble : Beach Raindrop : Ocean Needle : Haystack

Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer.

The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimise that action.