“Forget the planet, save the garden.”

“Honesty can be a dirty gift.”

“A hero without faults is like an omelet without little bits of eggshell in it.”

“He put his hand on his forehead and scoured the French department of his memory for a word. He knew it was in there. He'd put it in almost fifty years before and hadn't had cause to remove it. But for the life of him he couldn't find it.”

“There was nothing fake or added about him. He was all himself.”

“A good communist,” the man had said, “does not let go of the plough halfway across the paddy and leave the buffalo to find its own direction. He eats with her, tends to her injuries, and sleeps with her until the job is done.” Siri had resisted the temptation to spread the word that the Party was advocating bestiality.”

“You're still alive. That means you're winning.”