I think anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy.
Anna QuindlenA life of unremitting caution, without the carefree - or even, occasionally, the careless - may turn out to be half a life.
Anna QuindlenSometimes we don't see out of our peripheral vision what's coming right around the corner.
Anna QuindlenI think Americans suspect, without even being able to articulate it, that we're at the end of the American century; that we're at the end of the 100 or 125 or 150 years when we were the undisputed arbiter and leader of the world.
Anna Quindlen