Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time.

Men and women are not "equal" if "equal" means "exactly the same." Our many puzzlements and indeed unhappinesses come from trying to figure out what the differences really mean, or should mean, or should not mean.

For if the world treats you well, Sir, you come to believe you are deserving of it.

You're dead, Cordelia.' No I'm not. 'Yes you are. You're dead. Lie down.

Happy as a clam, is what my mother says for happy. I am happy as a clam: hard-shelled, firmly closed.

My family was big on sharing. I guess it was just the way I was brought up. Or maybe, I read those fairy tales in which one good turn elicits another. But in writing, yes, some older writers were kind to me when I was young; although some others were not.

The scroll is coming back (Twitter is a scroll.)