“Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression”

“Women aren't very bright," Rip says. "Studies have been done.”

“It is useful to study different traditions in order to be free of attachment to any one way of expressing what is beyond expression. (x)”

“It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many months successively, without being at any ball of any description, and no material injury accrue either to body or mind;-- but when a beginning is made-- when the felicities of rapid motion have once been, though slightly, felt-- it must be a very heavy set that does not ask for more.”

“I am unable to distinguish between the feeling I have for life and my way of expressing it.”

“That there would be a political advantage in having the declaration written by a Virginian was clear, for the same reason there had been political advantage in having the Virginian Washington in command of the army. But be that as it may, Jefferson, with his "peculiar felicity of expression," as Adams said, was the best choice for the task, just as Washington had been the best choice to command the Continental Army, and again Adams had played a key part. Had his contributions as a member of Congress been only that of casting the two Virginians in their respective, fateful roles, his service to the American cause would have been very great.”