Children's lies are signs of great talent.

A great commotion immobilized her in her center of gravity, planted her in her place, and her defensive will was demolished by the irresistible anxiety to discover what the orange bells and whistles and the invisible globes on the other side of death were like.

Just as real events are forgotten, some that never were can be in our memories as if they happened.

He thought that the world would make more rapid progress without the burden of old people.

The truth is that the first changes are so slow they pass almost unnoticed, and you go on seeing yourself as you always were, from the inside, but others observe you from the outside.

It is a triumph of life that old people lose their memories of inessential things.

Dr Urbino did not agree: in his opinion a Liberal president was exactly the same as a Conservative president, but not as well dressed.