The big cities of America are becoming Third World countries.

Here are some questions I am constantly noodling over: Do you splurge or do you hoard? Do you live every day as if it's your last, or do you save your money on the chance you'll live twenty more years? Is life too short, or is it going to be too long? Do you work as hard as you can, or do you slow down to smell the roses? And where do carbohydrates fit into all this? Are we really all going to spend our last years avoiding bread, especially now that bread in American is so unbelievable delicious? And what about chocolate?

[Wellesley College] is about as meaningful to the educational process in America as a perfume factory is to the national economy.

The odd thing about this form of communication is you're more likely to talk about nothing than something. But I just want to say that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many... somethings. So, thanks.

Take notes. Everything is copy.

That's another thing about being a certain age that I've noticed: I try as much as possible not to look in the mirror.

Reading makes me feel I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. ... Reading is bliss.