One must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation.

I don't think you can say that feminism has made women critical of marriage because women have been critical of marriage for centuries.

longing to travel while you are already traveling is, I admit, a kind of greedy madness

I had long ago learned that when you are the giant, alien visitor to a remote and foreign culture it is sort of your job to become an object of ridicule. It’s the least you can do, really, as a polite guest.

I crossed the street to walk in the sunshine.

Watch for the people whose eyes light up when you talk about your dream. Those are the people you keep.

My career started young and I was really ambitious, and then I had success and I hung out with people who were much older. I think I might have been temporally misplaced, so I thought I was 40. It was a premature midlife crisis.