If, as is said Fatigue is the enemy of courage Then the greatest strength is stam… And the genesis of stamina Is constant exertion
At bottom God is a brute fact and Satan a brutal fact
I can forgive myself anything exce… All of my contingency planning Was contingent upon Sending a contingent of negotiator…
The fog is so thick now We’re buried up to our necks in it Our bodies out of sight And out of mind Making the ground beneath our feet
One thing I’ve learned is The good times Weren’t as good As I imagined them to be In fear of the bad times
Time marches on and for mere mortals it marches to the beat of its own… which is how we got rhythm But the immortals found
Where before It was handed to me on a silver-pl… Where everything real was just bel… Now I’ve found the real way forwa… By making it up as I go along
Life may be defined by loss But the picture Next to the definition Depicts acceptance
If you need to appear weak to access power you’ll end up weak-kneed and abuse your power
You will have noticed by now That the phrase Public humiliation Is redundant
Life is a brief window of opportun… And the opportunity of a lifetime Consists of the chance To help turn the wheel of time Which turns everything towards the…
Keep your friends close your enemies closer and your neighbor closest
Secure in my authenticity I thought I’d avoided that trap which had ensnared so many of my g… the safety of ironic distance– until I realized that
When it came time to build my own… it quickly became apparent that I’… explaining that the color of the b…
I used to pretend that Kafka’s The Trial was my favorite book but these days I bring a courtroom stenographer with me
