Vanessa didn't like it, but I figured a cop wasn't going to stop for a kid waving his hat in the street, not that day. They just might stop if they saw Darryl bleeding there, though. I argued briefly with her and Darryl settled it by lurching to his feet and dragging himself down toward Market Street.
The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.
Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.