There were millions of ways that the world could kill me.
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
I heard them shouting through the muffling canvas of the bag, and then I was being impersonally hauled to my feet by my wrists, my arms wrenched up behind my back, my shoulders screaming.
Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.