“After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.”

“It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.”

“The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks after unpacking.”

“To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.”

“If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.”

“'Whom are you?' he asked for he had been to night school.”

“The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.”

“We read the weird tales in newspapers to crowd out the even weirder stuff inside us.”

“I brought the newspaper close up to my eyes to get a better view of George Pollucci's face, spotlighted like a three-quarter moon against a vague background of brick and black sky. I felt he had so...”

“In politics, the pen is at its heaviest because it is weighed down by the collective responsibility it holds towards its people and their future in the eyes of the world.”

“Pender laughed. "Verify? In this day and age? Who cares about verifying anything? It's all about the speed. Who gets there first defines the truth. You know that as well as any man living.”

“It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propaganda-tours.”