Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

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We see things as we are, not as they are.

We see things as we are, not as they are.

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service...

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service...

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it.

If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it.

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not...

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not...

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to...

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to...

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service...

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service...

Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.

Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.

Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or...

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or...