Cynicism can blind one to subtler virtues.

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

A weapon men use against women is the refusal to take them seriously.

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

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

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