The sea always offers up incredible stories of survivors' fortitude. Myths of a lot of countries have variations on that.
“My first meeting as a senator, my first day, they were already talking about the next election. Part of that's the permanent campaign, part of that's a word I've been using more frequently, 'tribal.' Our politics has become tribal: It's us versus them.”
“You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.”