“All these years of thinking, ending up like this: In front of all this beauty, understanding nothing.”

“Everybody wants to see justice done, to somebody else.”

“Got to kick at the darkness 'till it bleeds daylight”

“Republicans know well that a change of rhetorical pace is necessary. But efforts by their leaders to damp down the bellicosity of newly elected Tea Party types is running into the fact that the Tea Partiers have only the high volume setting on their amplifiers, just like Palin. They're like a couple having a fight at a funeral; politely sotto voce, then suddenly bursting out fortissimo with their plaints and accusations.”

“Journalists are notoriously prone to exaggerate the beneficial impact of elections and to ignore more complex developments.”

“You could rub a dry turd with a whole can of linseed oil, after all, and all you'd end up with was mess of shiny shit.”

“Don't think. FEEL. It's like a finger pointing at the moon. Do not concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all of the heavenly glory.”