The special virtue of freedom is not that it makes you richer and more powerful but that it gives you more time to understand what it means to be alive.
Adam GopnikSomeone once said that the joy is not in writing but in having written. I can't say I find that to be true, though I understand the sentiment.
Adam GopnikIf you're being attacked from all sides, it's possible you're doing something right; it's also possible that you are doing everything wrong.
Adam Gopnik