The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with a beginning, a middle and an appropriate end, only to find that they are mostly middles.
Anatole BroyardThere are few things more subtly distressing than an inappropriate gift from someone close to you.
Anatole BroyardIn an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used to play in people's lives.
Anatole BroyardThe more I like a book, the more reluctant I am to turn the page. Lovers, even book lovers, tend to cling. No one-night stands or "reads" for them.
Anatole Broyard