Let’s go, let’s go together toward something extraordinary and I started making plans, thinking we would get that far.

And then of course the music sprang up, lousy rock as bold and dull as a giant potato. "Love this song," Todd said, like it was unusually brave to like what was number one on the radio.

I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone.

Desperation is like a spilled drink; even if it's delicious, no one will get near it. Cultivate an aura of glamorous unapproachability.

Why not rise from the grave and terrorize a little instead of staying buried and dead in the cemetery?

There are some who go through life with a shadow hanging over them, particularly if they live in a building which has long wide awnings.

When somebody is a little bit wrong - say, when a waited puts nonfat milk in your espresso macchiato, instead of lowfat milk - it is often quite easy to explain to them how and why they are wrong. But if somebody is surprisingly wrong - say, when a waiter bites your nose instead of taking your order - you can often be so surprised that you are unable to say anything at all. Paralyzed by how wrong the waiter is, your moth would hang slightly open and your eyes would blink over and over, but you would be unable to say a word.