Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.
Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.
To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation.
I suppose what one wants really is ideal company and books are ideal company.
You can never betray the people who are dead.
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.