“...the state should support art,construed not as amusement but as one of the chief carriers of civilization.”

“The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”

“When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.”

“Books and people are alike in one respect: they're both full of thoughts.”

“The gentle art of gastronomy is a friendly one. It hurdles the language barrier, makes friends among civilized people, and warms the heart.”

“That's how it was on Irving Circle and how I was raised: You made the best out of what was within reach, which meant friendships engineered by parents and by the happenstance of housing. I stayed with it because we both had queenly older sisters who rarely condescended to play with us, because Shelley was adopted and I was not, because Shelley had Clue and Life, and I did not”

“Did you ever meet a mother that complained that her child phoned her too often? Me neither.”