We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.
From Mason Cooley
Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.
I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.
Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.
Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content.
Even boredom has its crises.
Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.
Art seduces, but does not exploit.
The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.
Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening.
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