We are going to Baton Rouge and one of the most storied stadiums in the country, a place I can truthfully say is the loudest place I've ever been.
Of all second-class citizens, neurotics are the only ones who are so by choice.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.
We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.
True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.
The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.
All Trump has are the people that voted for him as a support group. He doesn't have the media. He doesn't have a community of think tanks and other intellectuals. Everybody in that group of people is a Never Trumper or an anti-Trumper or ambivalent. But Trump's base is all he's got, and they are still with him.
The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange.
O God — please give him back! I shall keep asking You.
Voice is one of the most elusive qualities in any story. We recognize it when we hear it, but it's hard consciously to create an authentic voice. Somehow voice seems to be the natural manifestation of all the narrative decisions we've made so far. We discover it more than we fabricate it.