Altruism is a brief phase through which some adolescents must pass. It is rather like acne. Happily, as with acne, only a few are permanently scarred.
Truman Capote has made lying an art. A minor art.
That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.
There are certain truths so true that they are practically unbelievable.
I'd still like to be the President, of course, and I think the best way to do that would be to raise an army and seize the Capital. This strikes me as true democracy.