The reason 'closure' is a cliche is that it is used too often, too imprecisely, and doesn't in any case reflect reality. In reality, such closure in broken friendships and much else in life is rarely achieved; only death brings closure and then not always for those still living.

The problem for me is that reading is, I won't say a sacred, but nevertheless a pretty serious act.

That wine drinking is more effete than beer drinking? No question.

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

I believe it was Gayelord Hauser, the nutritionist, who said, 'You are what you eat,' but if you happen to be an intellectual, you are what you quote.

Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

Courage is nine-tenths context. What is courageous in one setting can be foolhardy in another and even cowardly in a third.