Nothing on my trip thus far was as I expected which shows you that rather than simply read about the United States you have to log the journey.

Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot.

You touch things lightly or deeply; you move along because life herself moves, and you can’t stop it.

Suits obviously had helped to promote bad government and he was as guilty as anyone for wearing them so steadfastly for twenty years. Of late he had become frightened of the government for the first time in his life, the way the structure of democracy had begun debasing people rather than enlivening them in their mutual concern. The structure was no longer concerned with the purpose for which it was designed, and a small part of the cause, Nordstrom thought, was probably that all politicians and bureaucrats wore suits.

That is simply the most beautiful publishing office in the world, with that cranky old building in that wonderful park.

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish to be.

Birthdays are ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask, "Que pasa, baby?