When the ground starts moving, all bets are off.
In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.
There is a real connection between Philosopy and fiction.
I imagined it. I wrote it. But I guess I never thought I'd see it.
The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century.
Nevertheless, the book gave Jack a feeling he had never had before, that the past was like a story, in which one thing led to another, and the world was not a boundless mystery, but a finite thing that could be comprehended.
Why was it, Lloyd wondered, that the people who wanted to destroy everything good about their country were the quickest to wave the national flag?
What's interesting is, there's always a lot of talk to young people about finding their passion, following their passion. But I remember reading somewhere that a lot of people don't have a passion. And there's this pressure to have one. It's perfectly fine not to have one.
It is often tragic to see how blatantly a man bungles his own life and the lives of others yet remains totally incapable of seeing how much the whole tragedy originates in himself, and how he continually feeds it and keeps it going.
The best way to have peace is to always be prepared to fight a way.
Whatever can be noted historically can be found within history.