Few things are worth doing perfectly.
Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth
Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference.
Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape.
Life is the risk we cannot refuse.
Suspense combines curiosity with fear and pulls them up a rising slope.