Creationism: the theory that Rome was built in a day.

Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties.

Blackberry winter, the time when the hoarforst lies on the blackberry blossoms; without this frost the berries will not set. It is the forerunner of a rich harvest.

Many women, particularly young women, have claimed the right to use the most explicit sex terms, including extremely vulgar ones, in public as well as private. But it is men, far more than women, who have been liberated by this change. For now that women use these terms, men no longer need to watch their own language in the presence of women. But is this a gain for women?

there are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.

Man's most human characteristic is not his ability to learn, which he shares with many other species, but his ability to teach and store what others have developed and taught him.