“Saint Bo, a man christened with the miraculous ability to gentle horses, nervous women, and one year olds.”
“Fortunately women have the miraculous ability to change the meaning of their actions after the event.”
“What kind of a horse?""A miraculous kind of horse”
“Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.”
“Differences in reading ability between five-year olds and eight-year olds are caused primarily by the older children's possessing more knowledge, not by the differences in their memory capacities, reasoning abilities, or control of eye movements.”
“What in Mandela was seen as an almost saintly ability to conciliate could, in a lesser man, be read as weak-kneed populism.”