Sitting in the back of that Hummer, my head in a hood, my hands lashed behind my back, lurching back and forth while the bruises swelled up on my head, terrorism suddenly felt a lot riskier.
How we remember, what we remember and why we remember form the most personal map of our individuality.
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don't know.
It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.