I am not the we of anyone

he knows too much about himself to subject her to a morning after, when he will be cold, surly, impatient to be alone.

The highest type of intelligence, says Aristotle, manifests itself in an ability to see connections where no one has seen them before, that is, to think analogically.

As for September 11, let us not too easily grant the Americans possession of that date on the calendar. Like May 1 or July 14 or December 25, September 11 may seem full of significance to some people, while to other people it is just another day.

And anyway, I suspect he secretly liked it when a woman was cold and distant

I speak to the broken halves of all our selves and tell them to embrace, loving the worst in us equally with the best.

No, Paul, I couldn't care less if you tell me made-up stories. Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.' (Said to Paul by Elizabeth Costello, the interloping novelist-angel-inner voice).