The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

The knowledge of the past stays with us to spur us on to new and better things.

时间总是充满惊喜，它以我们无法预料的方式流动。

The most sustainable companies are those that balance profit with purpose.

The details are not the details. They make the design.

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.