the prison system, inherently unjust and inhumane, is the ultimate expression of injustice and inhumanity in the society at large.

In childbirth, as in other human endeavors, fashions start with the rich, are then adopted by the aspirant middle class with an assist from the ever-watchful media, and may or may not eventually filter down to the poor.

Things on the whole are faster in America; people don't stand for election, they run for office. If a person says he's sick, it doesn't mean regurgitating, it means ill. Mad means angry, not insane. Don't ask for the left-luggage; it's called a checkroom.

Objectivity? I've always had an objective.

Objectivity? I always have an objective.

lifelong enemies are, I think, as hard to make and as important to one's well-being as lifelong friends.

Growing up in the English countryside seemed an interminable process. Freezing winter gave way to frosty spring, which in turn merged into chilly summer-but nothing ever, ever happened.