The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.

It turns out that indecision is a path itself; but figuratively, a vertical path - up or down - meaning it isn't always a fruitless path. One is forgotten, but the other is glorified. To be what they call 'middle-of-the-road' in most cases just means you have a hard time figuring out who between options is dumber. So quite often those who refused to decide were, after all, the bold individuals, the influential ones, the creative ones, those who snatched their own authority.

Armed neutrality makes it much easier to detect hypocrisy.

On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes.

What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.