Men go to the ballpark with an assumed knowledge and interest, whereas women need to constantly demonstrate how much they know and care.

We’d all agreed that we’d outgrown jumping rope, but Shady had given me such a nice gift of a skipping rope, and when there’s nothing better to do, I guess you go back to what once felt good.

They said love made you strong, but in Louise's opinion it made you weak. It corkscrewed into your heart and you couldn't get it out again, not without ripping your heart to pieces.

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.

A cork screw to my heart, ever since we've been apart.

RRC remains the best publication to hit my mailbox

You hear stories like that of Canadians trying to get in, but when you go back home, you don't expect that.

Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat.

An honest, sincerely stated compliment helps to build character; criticism destroys it.

Past tense offers authority, distance, and present tense offers emotional immediacy.

The amount of psychology which is necessary to all teachers need not be very great.