Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.

Daniel supposed he had a secret life. Most people did; it was hardly possible to live without one.

Ambition, if it were to be savored, let alone achieved, had to be rooted in possibility.

you'd like the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That must be the most futile oath anyone ever swears.

The equally is a political theory, but no a practical politics.

The modern holy trinity is money, sex and celebrity.

The great tragedy of Alzheimer's disease, and the reason why we dread it, is that it leaves us with no defence, not even against those who love us.