“Jonathan had been around Washington long enough to know that no offer was exactly what it seemed.”

“So many people of liberal persuasion value their own progressive opinions more than they value the people they hold those opinions about.”

“He seemed to believe that indignation was a sufficient guardian.”

“The only way to prove his willingness to wait would be to wait.”

“He was vain and tended to surround himself with intellectual and moral pygmies.”

“He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true.”

“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”

“You think because he doesn't love you that you are worthless. You think that because he doesn't want you anymore that he is right -- that his judgement and opinion of you are correct. If he throws ...”

“The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans.”

“Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.”

“That's how it is with legends. The greater they sound, the more must've got left out.”

“Don't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.”

“There are no facts, only interpretations.”

“My story is of such marvel that if it were written with a needle on the corner of an eye, it would yet serve as a lesson to those who seek wisdom.”

“There are 1,198,500,000 people alive now in China. To get a feel for what that means, simply take yourself - in all your singularity, importance, complexity, and love - and multiply by 1,198,500,00...”