The first divorce in the world may have been a tragedy, but the hundred-millionth is not necessarily one. |
The first divorce in the world may have been a tragedy, but the hundred-millionth is not necessarily one. |
The midnight snack of a life in its 70s. |
The more I like a book, the more reluctant I am to turn the page. Lovers, even book lovers, tend to cling. No one-night stands or "reads" for them. |
The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable. |
The tension between "yes" and "no," between "I can" and "I cannot," makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self. |
There is something about seeing real people on a stage that makes a bad play more intimately, more personally offensive than any other art form. |
There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience. |
There was a time wien we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience. |
To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding. |
We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars. |