Being wrong about important things is exhausting.

Rituals are comforting; rituals combat loneliness.

Whereas she wished more of the population were better educated, she also believed that education was largely wasted on the majority of the people she met.

You can't say you're going to ban something in the name of good taste, because then you have directed someone to play the role of good-taste police. We - Americans - permit bad taste in this country. In fact, we even encourage it.

The excitement of anticipation was *almost* equal to the thrill of lovemaking.

You think you have a memory; but it has you!

We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.