“ Arab nationalism in its traditional form was the way in which secular Arab Christians like Edward had found and kept a place for themselves, while simultaneously avoiding the charge of being too 'West… Christopher Hitchens
“ Men read maps better than women because only men can understand the concept of an inch equaling a hundred miles. Roseanne Barr
“ A modern-day conservator of Monticello says that Woodmont Jefferson as an amateur architect rather than a professional was that he made things more complicated than they needed to be for any practical… Bill Bryson
“ A misbegotten hatchling of consciousness, a birth defect of our species, imagination is often revered as a sign of vigor in our make-up. But it is really just a psychic overcompensation for our impote… Thomas Ligotti
