Now that children don't till your fields or take you in when you're incontinent, there is no sensible reason to have them, and it's amazing that with the advent of effective contraception anyone chooses to reproduce at all.

You can't be stylish and petty at the same time.

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

Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life, can dangerously turn you off the activity altogether.

Half an ear cocked, something in me, all night, every night, is waiting for you to come home.

In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.

I have never in all my life considered you other people.