You count snouts,” Straha said. “Whichever side can persuade most snouts to join
it prevails. It does not have to be clever. It does not have to be wise. It only needs to be popular.
People were as they were, not not as he wished them to be.
Well, I might even get used to the idea that she had no tail.
Somewhere near the Alamo, a bugle brayed: either that or McCulloch’s men had found some reason to torture a poor, defenseless donkey.
He gathered enthusiasm when he thought of the goal, and not the means by which he had accomplished it.
When you thought of permanent oblivion, temporary oblivion was the only foxhole you had.
A horsefly can't do a horse much damage, but it can drive it wild anyway.
The difference between bad and worse is a lot bigger than the difference between good and better.