The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through. – Alexis de Tocqueville
I was a man who was lucky enough to have discovered a political theory, a man who was caught up in the whirlpool of Cubas political crisis…; discovering Marxism…was like finding a map in the forest. – Fidel Castro
My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didnt think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it. – Kevin J. Anderson
For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. – James Boswell