Getting to the top has an unfortunate tendency to persuade people that the system is OK after all.

The finest proof of our loyalty toward one another was our monstrous disloyalties towards everyone else.

One of love's greatest drawbacks is that, for a while at least, it is in danger of making us happy.

It was no longer her absence that wounded me, but my growing indifference to it. Forgetting, however calming, was also a reminder of infidelity to what I had at one time held so dear.

Curiosity takes ignorance seriously - and is confident enough to admit when it's in the dark. It is aware of not knowing. And then it sets out to do something about it.

Reputation matters so much only because people so seldom think for themselves.

Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance.