He is by nature a vegetarian but would never consider giving up meat.

In the immemorial style of young men under pressure, they decided to lie down for a while and waste time.

He looked so profoundly disappointed in me that I wondered for a moment if he was someone I knew.

Nothing is boring exept to people who aren't really paying attention.

Fathering imposed an obligation that was more than your money, your body, or your time, a presence neither physical nor measurable by clocks: open-ended, eternal, and invisible, like the commitment of gravity to the stars.

If children are not permitted-not taught-to be adventurers and explorers as children, what will become of the world...?

I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman - in spite of the fact that all three of them reacted positively I still have this fear.