“A willingness to be pleased requires modesty and even innocence--easy to deride as mawkish and sentimental.”

“The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty.”

“Our willingness to believe the news is, in many cases, not entirely innocent.”

“Dismiss perfection as an ache of the greedy, but do not give in to the mass modesty of easy imperfection.”

“From Bought: The Greek's Innocent Virgin ... He drew in a long breath. ‘You are very difficult to please.’‘No, I’m not. I’m easy to please. When you peel my orange for breakfast, you please me. When you rub my shoulders before I go to sleep, that pleases me. When you defend me from a nasty comment, that pleases me. I’m easy to please, Angelos.’ Her heart was pounding. ‘Just don’t try and buy me.”

“I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching it too fast derides it, makes it a little less easy to understand.”