My father was a patriarch inside a matriarchy, but never knew it.

Innovation violates tradition--attacks it in public and steals from it in private.

Pursuit of the approximate can conclude. Not so pursuit of the absolute.

In love, we worry more about the meaning of silences than the meaning of words.

Alone, I am satisfied with myself. With others, I am beset by troubling comparisons.

Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.

Pleasure usually comes when called, but not happiness.