It's really scary when you have a moment of temporary sanity.
I only drink a little, but when I do, I become a different person, and that person drinks a lot.
He understood, too, that they had not necessarily been chosen to succeed, or even to live. But they'd been chosen to find the Holy Grail that was within themselves. And that's what this was always abo...
Buck thanked the sheik and his trusted
As we say, if your only tool is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail.
As he’d thought, and as he’d always known, Henry and Vivian were better suited for each other. But better is not best, and though he was angry— and hurt— he was also concerned about Vivian. He still l...
Americans lived in the moment, without history and thus without prophecy.
A big Russian lady, who seemed to be the household cook, supervised the making of zakuski -- Russian hors d'oeuvres, which unfortunately didn't include pigs-in-a-blanket. What kind of party is this?
Concurring.’ But now we know what I suspected. Two people on the board voted for acquittal, which means there are
Back up his story? He didn’t give Picard any other names. Only Farley. Tyson shook his head. Maybe Farley was the only one whose whereabouts he knew. Maybe they kept up their wartime acquaintance. A m...
Your website shows only one booking in that time period. Really? I need to update that. So, that’s the price. You drive a hard bargain, Mr. MacCormick. Captain. Captain. He glanced around. Let’s get a...
There is a vitality here of people, pursuing their own lives, unburdened by government interference. The price of nearly absolute freedom is borderline anarchy. A little law and order wouldn’t hurt. W...
I want to be back to work next week.'Let’s get you home first. I need to evaluate the extent of your mental impairment.' She tried to flash me the peace sign, but in her weakend condition, she only ma...
I regarded Novac a moment. He had on an awful gray poplin cotton suit, the sort of thing that prisons issue when they set you free. He wore shoes that actually had gum soles, and the uppers were made...
I enjoy the presence of a woman in the house for brief periods of time. They fall into two categories: the organizers and the slobs. There’s probably a third category—the naggers, who try to get you t...
Do you know why Italians don’t like Jehovah’s Witnesses? No… why? Italians don’t like any witnesses.
And they looked like poor fishermen. But this was Cuba, where everyone had a second job.
An Englishman once said that he found it easier to be a member of a club than of the human race because the bylaws were shorter, and he knew all the members personally. That sounds about right.
When I was in boarding school, which is English-run, I read a very beautiful passage---something that George VI said in his Christmas message to the English people, in the darkest year of the war, 'Gi...
They don’t want their thinking or attitudes changed. They want their values and beliefs endorsed, and they want government and society to reflect their values and beliefs, not yours.