All that kept her from breaking was that it was not an image of strength that was leaving her; she would be just as strong without him.

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter.

A sense of the fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth.

There's so much spring in the air- there's so much lazy sweetness in your heart.

The kiss originated when the first male reptile licked the first female reptile, implying in a subtle way that she was as succulent as the small reptile he had for dinner the night before.

I just couldn't make the grade as a hack-that, like everything else, requires a certain practiced excellence.

America is a willingness of the heart.