Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.
We think in order to act, and act in order to live.
Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them—and then, the opportunity to choose.
The writer is a person who writes, not a person who is written about.
The genome is a testament to life's resilience.
