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

Captures the reader with true magic.

Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the "fun" of teasing girls, just to get noticed

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.

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

It's not enough to be born free; I have to live my freedom!

What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.