The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

"To write is to resist—to resist forgetting, to resist silence."

Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy.

The magi, as you know, were wise men—wonderfully wise men—who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication.

"The more you try to control the game, the more it controls you."