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.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
You freeze where you are, time stops, and your heart thunders in your ears.
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
Think of life as a terminal illness, because, if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.
I ended up stepping on her stomach as the crowd pushed me past her, but by then I don't think she was feeling anything.