"We have the best congressmen that money can buy."

“It's expectation that differentiates you from the dead.”

Source : "Norma Jean the Termite Queen". Book by Sheila Ballantyne, 1975.

“[I]nstead of the usual "Why can't we make movies more like real life?" I think a more pertinent question is "Why can't real life be more like the movies?"”

“How had I managed to tie my boots? I didn’t even remember getting dressed. I was out here in public at the mall. What was I wearing? Jeans. I could feel socks. I had my boots on. I plucked at the edge of my t-shirt and saw it was red. I was wearing Dad’s spare Army jacket, and there was a heavy weight in the right pocket that had to be something deadly.”

“Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.”

“Sometimes a musical phrase would perfectly sum up The mood of a moment. One of those lovelorn sonatas For wind instruments was riding past on a solemn white horse. Everybody wondered who the new arrival was.”

“Virtue is despotic; life, reputation, every earthly good, must be surrendered at her voice. The law may seem hard, but it is the guardian of what it commands; and is the only sure defence of happiness.”

“Chaos and love when hand in hand and oh, the glorious grace of the world because of it.”

“What economic calculation requires is a monetary system whose functioning is not sabotaged by government interference.”