Terrorism was too tame for the Scots: they used lawyers. - Kage Baker

“Why did I never understand...”
“That it was vanity?” I said.
“Mm, but so much worse...Delusion. Because, the thing is—human progress begins, not with one lone man with a weapon, however heroic. Nor with subtle governments, be they never so altruistic. It begins with a man and his wife in bed...and...how could I ever hope to govern humanity, without having been even that human?

It didn’t matter that they were terrible at being parents; they were also very rich, which meant they could pay other people to love Alec.

The same intact culture that made them good businessmen also made many of them lousy parents.