"This man has one dominating idea..to fill space in a beautiful way."

"He was already in Congress twenty-one years ago, in 1992. In that pre-cellphone age, Mr. President, disting…"

"When I was doing a book tour in Japan for Why Men Are The Way They Are, I was told of an institution called…"

"Grace in women has more effect than beauty."

"Every serious novel is, beyond its immediate thematic preoccupations, a discussion of the craft, a conquest…"

"Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive."

"Now, Maria, if a boy doesn't like you, I would just like you to know that he is intimidated by your beauty,…"