Faith is simply whatever is real to us.

Boys mystified me, although I dreamed vaguely of men.

Bulgarians eat tarator every single day in summer. They think of it as salad although we'd call it a soup. You can make it as thick or thin as you like depending on how much water you add. It's very practical in summer because yogurt cools the body faster than water, but the water hydrates you.

When you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation.

I believe in walking out of a museum before the paintings you've seen begin to run together. How else can you carry anything away with you in your mind's eye?

Then you must say to her, 'Madame, I observe that your heart is broken. Allow me to repair it for you.

These atheist cultures were certainly diligent in preserving the relics of their saints.