The novelist is more like a pregnant woman who delivers her own child unaided. A messy procedure, with lots of groaning.

The body is the outermost layer of the mind.

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love.

If losers can exploit what their adversaries teach them, yes, losers can become winners in the long term.

Always, it is the poor people who pay. And always, it is the poor people's women who pay the most.

The potatoes were starch grenades. The canned carrots were revolting because that is their nature.