The world is full of marvels, if you're willing to travel far enough to see them.

Aphrodite had the beauty; Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus.

They memorize everything and learn... nothing.

A young man's passion, a jaded siren's last chance for love, a world gone mad, cheap thrills, fast cars, expensive wines, the triumph of victory, the overthrow of ontologically incipient hegemony, and gum! I have no idea if this book has any of them! But I liked the part about the bunny.

The truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger.

If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.

People give up the earth for beauty.