Either a writer doesn't want to talk about his work, or he talks about it more than you want.
Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.
We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars.
For years they have been using the role of 'sex object' as a cover while they spied out the land.
The moment a book is lent I begin to miss it.
When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance.