“Books, I found, had the power to make timestand still, retreat or fly into the future.”

“Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.”

“When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for ...”

“Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.”

“At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.”

“Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.”