It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed.

That's the curse of the reading class. We can be seduced by a good story even at the most inopportune moments.

You couldn't get hold of the things you'd done and turn them right again. Such a power might be given to the gods, but it was not given to women and men, and that was probably a good thing. Had it been otherwise, people would probably die of old age still trying to rewrite their teens.

If you've ever been homesick, or felt exiled from all the things and people that once defined you, you'll know how important welcoming words and friendly smiles can be.

You see something, then it clicks with something else, and it will make a story. But you never know when it's going to happen.

Do you happen to have another Condom? I think I've discovered the cure for headaches.

Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction. If not so, why do so many couples who start the evening at dinner wind up in bed?