"“A life, a history, whole patterns of existence altered, simply by doing nothing. The silent lie. The act of omission.”"

"“If you want to know a country, read its writers.”"

"“All liars ... lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth.”"

"“The hollowness in his chest, the tense yearning, the loneliness he braces against, every morning until he can immers…"

"“War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be …"

"“I learned about women -- how we are made into the women we've become, how we shape ourselves, how we shape each other.”"

"“There's something uncomfortable about looking at pictures of your parents at a time when they made each other happy.”"

"“People said it was a song about drugs, but John Lennon said the name came from a picture his son painted of a girl a…"

"“We became friends, I suppose, because we lived close to each other and it suited us and because when you are young f…"

"What if, by labelling our patients damaged from the outset, we not only condemn them to a self-fulfilling prophecy, b…"