Why the hell would terrorists kidnap a bunch of high school students?
Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.