One Can't Fight With Oneself, For This

No Democracy Is Born Perfect, And None Ever Gets To Be Perfect. Yet Democracy Is Superior To Authoritarian And Totalitarian Regimes Because, Unlike Them, Democracy Is Perfectible.

One Can't Fight With Oneself, For This Battle Has Only One Loser.

Eroticism Has Its Own Moral Justification Because It Says That Pleasure Is Enough For Me; It Is A Statement Of The Individual's Sovereignty.

Like Writing, Reading Is A Protest Against The Insufficiencies Of Life.

Death Isn't Enough. It Doesn't Remove The Stain. But A Slap, A Whiplash, Square On The Face, Does. Because A Man's Face Is As Sacred As His Mother Or His Wife.