Change is like that: you are no longer where you were; you are not yet where you will get; you are nowhere exactly.

For that matter, thinking of one's self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not.

Lovers communicate not inside sentences, but between them. Passion lurks within interstice. It is grouting rather than bricks.

A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.

Giving anyone anything takes courage, since so many presents backfire. A gift conspicuously at odds with your tastes serves only to betray that the benefactor has no earthly clue who you are.

One of my problems with terrorism is that it's self-evidently bad. The main thing that makes it complicated is the fact that it works. When you go at it with a moral hammer, it's really, really bad. It's so bad you wouldn't believe it because you don't accomplish anything. I think the one thing terrorists themselves are vulnerable to is mockery. It's an excellent weapon.

The secret is that there is no secret.