“The worst that could be said of any man was that he did not pay attention”

“The worst that can be said of a man is that he did not pay attention.”

“Women were complicated creatures. Any man who thought he had one figured out simply wasn’t paying attention,”

“He "had developed a trick in college for speaking with authority. He believed that breaking his argument into numbers forced people to pay attention. How you said something could be more important than what you said.”

“But people didn't have to pay as much attention to the awful truth. As the living legend of the cruel tyrant in the city and the gentle holy man in the jungle grew, so, too, did the happiness of the people grow. They were all employed full time as actors in a play they understood, that any human being anywhere could understand and applaud.”

“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”