I think the Peace Corps is a fine thing, don't you?" he said. "Well," I replied, "it's certainly better than War Corps.

And then I did what I had never done in his presence, much less in his arms. I cried.

This isn't a watercolor, it's a mural.

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.

What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died?

Part of being a big winner is the ability to be a big loser. There is no paradox involved. It is a distinctly Harvard thing to be able to turn any defeat into victory

What term do you employ when you speak of your progenitor?" I answered with the term I'd always wanted to employ. "Sonovabitch." "To his face?" she asked. "I never see his face." "He wears a mask?" "In a way, yes. Of stone. Of absolute stone.