I waited for her to catch up, and when I did, she slowed down, and I missed seeing the light in her hair. I never told Nadia how much I liked seeing the halo the sunlight made of her hair. Sometimes silence is a habit that hurts.

Silence does for thinking what a suspension bridge does for space -- it makes connections.

Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.

Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Nathan, how can you stand playing the same piece over and over again?" And Grandpa Nate answered, "Why don't you ask me how I can stand making love to the same woman over and over again?

Because way down deep they know that civilized people have to preserve rare birds.

I believe in courtesy. It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. She thought that maybe, just maybe, western civilization was in decline because people did not take time to take tea at four o'clock.