“Childrentheir untroubled, idyllic vision of the future is almost always shattered. Sooner or later they learn what all youth mustthat life is the cruel fate that awaits them while they make plans f...”

“Strange, is it not, how even those of us who scoff at divine intervention will fall to our knees and clasp our hands the moment we realize our futures are defined by uncertainty and hazard. A thoug...”

“He wore the memory of her embrace like armor, and though he knew it would not save his life, it would be all that was left to him to ease his passage into whatever lay beyond.”

“They say in moments of great fear or desperation, a man will always make a choiceeither to flee or face his enemy, but choice requires thought, and in the moment when you know for certain that deat...”

“Since my arrival in Rome, I have had many opportunities to wonder if compassions opposite is cruelty, or to reflect whether or not indifference would serve as a better black to its white.”

“We would soon be on our way to war, where mercy is unwise and kindness has no place.”

“If a person gave your body to any stranger he met on is way, you would certainly be angry. And do you feel no shame in handing over your own mind to be confused and mystified by anyone who happens ...”

“Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.”

“Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet.”

“Have you ever dealt with people who have lost everything in just an hour? In the morning you leave the house where your wife, your children, your parents live. You return and you find a smoking pit...”

“Success is the best revenge.”

“Revenge sex is not something we seek, but once in your mouth it can be liberating if you just swallow.”