"Anyone who believes that men and women have the same mind-set hasn't lived on earth. A man thinks that everything he does is wonderful, that the sun rises and sets around him. But a woman has doubts."

“I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.”

“On a summer night it can be lovely to sit around outside with friends after dinner and, yes, read poetry to each other. Keats and Yeats will never let you down, but it's differently exciting to read the work of poets who are still walking around out there.”

“This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a compromise.”

“But what struck me was the book-madness of the place--books lay scattered across the unmade bed and the top of a battered-looking desk, books stood in knee-high piles on the floor, books were crammed sideways and right side up in a narrow bookcase that rose higher than my head and leaned dangerously from the wall, books sat in stacks on top of a dingy dresser. The closet door was propped open by a pile of books, and from beneath the bed a book stuck out beside the toe of a maroon slipper.”

Source : Steven Millhauser (2008). “Dangerous Laughter”, p.35, Vintage

“There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.”

“We have to make it clear to the multi-nationals that slavery is too high a price to pay for cheap goods”

“I have an older brother who is 21 and attends UC Berkley.”

“If it's not there in fashion, fantasize it,”