Terror will crash down on us if we fail to understand that a pluralistic society requires the personal and daily commitment of every citizen.
Freedom is a public library.
Imagination has to do with one's awareness of the reality of other people as well as of one's own reality. Imagination is a bridge between the provincialism of the self and the great world.
There was no way to grasp the reality of the present which slid away each second, invisible as air; reality only existed after the fact, in one's vision of the past.
I don't like to listen to music while I'm working.
I have a painter's memory. I can remember things from my childhood which were so powerfully imprinted on me, the whole scene comes back.
I like to cook; it is, for me, a happy combination of mindlessness and purpose.
You're tough when you need to be, and you can charm the pants off men who have three times your experience. Well, yes. Although I try not to take advantage of that too often. Very awkward negotiating with people who are sitting around in their underwear.
The truth is an anagram of an anagram.
I just feel I'm on a different page from the reviewers, so I've learned not to care about them too much.
How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?