On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.
You could get on a boat there, get away. That fit with the terrorism hypothesis.
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
Maybe they were terrorists!