Everyone likes to talk shop, which is the most interesting talk in the world, in the beginning.

Androgyny suggests a spirit of reconciliation between the sexes.

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.

Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort.

as the years go on a sense of deep patience comes over one; one seems to know the virtue of ripeness, and the danger of rushing events.

Life has this in common with prizefighting: if you've received a belly blow, it's likely to be followed by a right to the jaw.

Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories will be told.