The authentic is almost never found by being pursued; but there is no missing it when you are in its presence.
Eva HoffmanThe more words I have, the more distinct, precise my perceptions become--and such lucidity is a form of joy.
Eva HoffmanIt may be that just as tonality recurs in music and realism in painting, so the idea of liberalism recurs in politics-though each time in a different vein.
Eva Hoffman