In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature.

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.

When you make a break for freedom you don't necessarily find company on the way.

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.