The Greeks had invented democracy, built the Acropolis and called it a day.

Lovers of audio books learn to live with compromise.

They're hungry for something they know nothing about, but we, we know all too well that the price of fame is the loss of privacy.

If finding an apartment is like falling in love, buying one is like proposing on your first date and agreeing not to see each other until the wedding.

As bad a dresser as I am, anything beats being judged by my character.

What I really hated, of course, was my mind. There must have been an off switch somewhere, but I was damned if I could find it.

My first semester I had only nine students. Hoping they might view me as professional and well prepared, I arrived bearing name tags fashioned in the shape of maple leaves.