The silence between us was profound. I thought it was his job to say something. Only now do I understand it was mine.

Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.

Surely our job while we're here on Earth is to learn about the world, not to create parallel universes.

no one ever asked me to lie and I was never promised a job for my silence.

They thought that would silence the opposition. They thought nobody would find out, so we started hitting the streets, and we haven't stopped.

We thought we were going out for a political planning meeting at his house.