A Life Of Unremitting Caution,

The Joy Of Someone Who Had Been A Reader All Her Life, Whose World Had Been Immeasurably Enlarged By The Words Of Others.

I Was A Kid Who Sometimes Got In Trouble Because I Couldn't Keep My Mouth Shut, Which Turned Out To Be An Advantage When I Became An Opinion Columnist.

There Is Something So Settled And Stodgy About Turning A Great Romance Into Next Of Kin On An Emergency Room Form, And Something So Soothing And Special, Too.

When You Really Want To Say No, Say No. You Can't Do Everything - Or At Least Not Well.

Barack Obama Presents As Kind Of A Cool Character, And I Think That That's His Natural Personality.