The Border is the scar of history.

A Border is scratched across the hearts of men by strangers with a calm, judicial pen, and when the borders bleed we watch with dread the lines of ink across the map turn red.

The Border is strategically important — When the lips are gone the teeth are cold.

A Border is established so there is something to fight about.

Confession is therapeutic — a problem shared is a problem halved

Confession is wise — A fault confessed is half redressed.

Confession is as healing medicine to him who has erred.

Confession is unwise — Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed at.

A Deadline is essential to fulfilling goals — a goal without a deadline is just a dream.

The Deadline is the terrible anvil on which one forges one's style.

The Deadline is best loved for the wooshing noise it makes as it goes by.

The Deadline is motivating — a deadline has a wonderful way of concentrating the mind.