But there is always that unpredictability about a derby match and that's what it was today.
I sometimes lie awake at night and try to imagine what would be the best period in history to spend one's seventy-odd years.
Many readers simply can't stomach fantasy. They immediately picture elves with broadswords or mighty-thewed barbarians with battle axes, seeking the bejeweled Coronet of Obeisance. . . (But) the best fantasies pull aside the velvet curtain of mere appearance. . . . In most instances, fantasy ultimately returns us to our own now re-enchanted world, reminding us that it is neither prosaic nor meaningless, and that how we live and what we do truly matters.
Make sure your message is clear, yet that you are faithful to its complexity.
The world is a library of strange and wonderful books, and sometimes we just need to go prowling through the stacks.
I think the essence of [Kurt] Vonnegut's humanism lay in his emphasis on human kindness as, so to speak, our saving grace.
In PLATO AT THE GOOGLEPLEX, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein set out to showcase, in sometimes startling ways, the continuing relevance of a classic philosopher. But what's remarkable is that she actually brings off this tour de force with both madcap brilliance and commanding authority.
Love. The black hook. The spear singing through the mind.
I've learned that I work best when I'm entirely naked. The recording process was done that way.
If He wasn't going to use that hard thing for your good, it wouldn't have happened. He had to sign off on every single thing that touches your life.
Must I tell the story of my life again?