But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses

Critical thinking is to a liberal education as faith is to religion. ... the converse was true also - faith is to a liberal education as critical thinking is to religion, irrelevant and even damaging.

The only siblings I have are half-siblings. My nuclear family would have been an extra-suffocating threesome. Instead, I have an interesting brother and sister, in-laws, and darling nephews.

The fundamental condition of childhood is powerlessness.

Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions.

After a long day, folk rest at night. After a long summer, folk play games and sit about in the winter. After a long life folk sit about the fire and stay warm, for the chill of death is upon them, and even the thickest bearskin can't keep off the shivering.

you know that the urge for revenge is a fact of marital life.