Every day people judge all other people. The question is whether they judge wisely.

Withholding a decision is a decision.

It's easy to manipulate your children when they're absolutely sure you're stupid.

He is dangerous$$$ he is beautiful$$$ I could drown in his understanding.

Oh no$$$ real life is escape. The great terrors$$$ the horrors -- we hope -- of your life come from reading fiction.

There is no society that does not highly value fictional storytelling. Ever.

Asking a man if he could be trusted was like asking an unwed girl if she was a virgin. The question mattered$$$ but the asking of it was gross insult.

When it comes down to it$$$ though$$$ the real decision is inevitable: If one of us has to be destroyed$$$ let's make damn sure we're the ones alive at the end.

Remember$$$ I'm the only person here who's paid to be nice to you. But not too nice. Give me any lip and I'll break your face. OK?

In the real world irrational things happened$$$ impossible coincidences happened$$$ because probability required that coincidences rarely$$$ but not never$$$ occur.