“ Many things in this period have been hard to bear, or hard to take seriously. My own profession went into a protracted swoon during the Reagan-Bush-Thatcher decade, and shows scant sign of recovering… Christopher Hitchens
“ You're not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more, said Yo-less. It's speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons. Terry Pratchett
“ When we shrink from the sight of something, when we shroud it in euphemism, that is usually a sign of inner conflict, of unsettled hearts, a sign that something has gone wrong in our moral reasoning. Matthew Scully
“ Come, he said gently, for he knew she'd been through travail. I sought you out amongst your labors to bend my knee and plead that you leave the dust and spiders and mouse droppings to come and lounge… Elizabeth Hoyt
“ Edward had a personal horror of violence and never endorsed or excused it, though in a documentary he made about the conflict he said that actions like the bombing of pilgrims at Tel Aviv airport 'did… Christopher Hitchens
“ When my mother passed away several years ago—well, wait a minute. Actually, she didn’t ‘pass away.’ She died. Something about that verb, ‘to pass away’ always sounds to me as if someone just drifted t… Steve Allen
