I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.
When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side.
I cried out and my own voice was muffled by the hood.
To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.
It felt like they used a baton or something -- it was harder than anyone had ever hit me in the head before.
Humor is also a way of saying something serious.