"If you're going to say anything filthy, please speak clearly."

"And then, one by one, they came onto the screen late in the day to pontificate about how we were going into a moral sewer. How this image of a breast at a family halftime show was not only disgusting,…"

"When I was a high school government teacher, I used to remind my students that TO VOTE IS TO HAVE A VOICE. That simple idea is the cornerstone of our democratic process. During my eight years as secre…"

"Routine was what kept the darkness at bay, when anything did."

"They’d made a plan, and so far everything was more or less going the way they’d hoped. The thought left Holden increasingly terrified."