The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don't come to mind when we want them.
I have never understood why public opinion about European ideas should be taken into account.
You were leaving, and you didn't even know if I was okay.
Power gradually extirpates for the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
When you're dating, abstinence is a greater expression of love than making love, because you're doing what's best for your beloved, not just what feels good in the moment.
You would have thought that as you got older the voice would tend to deteriorate in some ways, but I always look at somebody like Tony Bennett, who is my senior, and still can hit those high notes and still can belt it out as good as he ever did. So it must be something about the voice that's unlike the rest of the muscles in your body.