By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.

No nostalgia runs deeper than that for something one has never known and now cannot obtain.

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me.

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.