I don't work at being ordinary.

The Virtue and unpretentiousness of the wise man, which I am talking about, goes unnoticed because of its transparent ordinariness.

Alex understood such discipline. He knew the rarity of it, and the cost. And on the rare occasions when he happened to touch her, he did wonder what else she might have been, if she had not been so determined to be typical.

I'm mad, you know? I don't think of retiring at all.

I've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time.

Think globally, act locally.