“Wise are those who have seen life from both sides of the fence.”

“To love, is to leap into the void of uncertainty.”

“Loving is the closest we will ever come to immortality.”

“Life is too short to make enemies of those we love--from Forgiving Máximo Rothman”

“Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.”

“On the bright side, my slightly lower IQ means that I probably have worse recall. Maybe I'll soon forget that I have a depressed IQ.”

“Before anyone could be delivered, everybody betrayed everybody. The Jews no longer knew which current to swim, and brother turned against brother. It seems that Josephus was quick in putting all the blame on the Zealots, himself having deserted the mission. He was a turncoat, and nothing he said can be taken at face value without carefully reading between the lines. Josephus did not recognize that the same guys he cursed in failure would have been his heroes in success. But then, the failure might have come about through those who abandoned the mission—those like himself. It is the age-old question: has the freedom fighter turned terrorist, or has the terrorist turned freedom fighter?”