The kiss is a wordless articulation of desire whose object lies in the future, and somewhat to the south.

The jumbo jet is the airborne equivalent of the interstate highway...One might as well be stuffed into a cartridge and shot through a pneumatic tube, like interoffice mail.

As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply felt spontaneous pattering that was a sort of communal embrace. Welcome home.

A rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights.

Never try to wear a hat that has more character than you do.

When man sends colonies into space, he will be able to mount moveable, sun-reflecting mirrors to simulate rhythms of day and night and even the terrestial seasons...But he doubtless will follow the longstanding American habit of thinking that outer space should, as much as possible, resemble Southern California.

Not to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, by old grievances that do not permit life to proceed with new business.