When the phone rings at 2.15am in the morning it's unlikely to be heralding something pleasant. What chance is there of its being good news? None. Only someone bad would ring at such an hour. Or someo...
And through all that dreadful darkness she had remembered him. He who loved her. He who still loved her. Who would always love her.
Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar. You have to hold it, you have to read it.
Why do you still care about those people, Frieda?’ he asked. ‘Do they care about you?’ ‘Wolf, I’m a doctor. I do not require my commitment to be reciprocal.
We've just lost our way, that's all. But what if you could give us a chance to do better? Just one chance? One single move in the great game of history? What's your best shot? What would you consider...
People had got used to the planet dying. They didn't care anymore, it had been lingering on for too long. The Earth was like some aged and slightly disgusting relative that just got sicker and sicker...
In my experience, if you look people in the eye they usually mind their own business
The worst thing about being a great power is when you're not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it.
Scarcely a year after Hitler had been handed power, something of what he had always claimed about the Jews had actually come to pass. He said they were different. And they had become different. He had...