I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce. – J. Edgar Hoover, attributed
Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that weve always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us. – Stephen King
And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. – Mark Strand