I narrowed my eyes at him. "Stuff that. I'll write a doctoral thesis. Then I can go do what most of the other people with doctoral degrees in anthropology do." "What's that?" asked Calvin. "You don't need to encourage her," said Adam seriously, but his eyes laughed at me. "The same thing that people with degrees in history do," I said. "Fix cars or serve frnech fries and bad hamburgers.

Civilization is vastly overrated.

The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.

Mmm, he rumbled into my ear. I thought that being married meant that I never go to bed hungry.

Mine, ... Mine is what she is.

Only cowards torture women.

Honey, ... When a wolf watches a lamb, he's not thinking about the lamb's mommy.