The mind is what the brain does.
The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.
The success of liberal democracy depends on the ability of its institutions to adapt to changing circumstances.
She had always been a watcher, a listener, a collector of stories.