whenever I read a passage that moves me, I transcribe it in my diary, hoping my fingers might learn what excellence feels like. - David Sedaris

a new group, flexitarians, who eat meat if not too many people are watching.

'It is ironic that nudists are just about the last people you'd ever want to see naked.

Then he reached to an even higher shelf and brought down another plastic grocery bag, this one from Tesco, which is decidedly less upscale. “Now, a smell is going to hit you when I open this up, but don’t worry,” he said. “It’s just the smoke they used to preserve the head.” That’s a phrase you don’t hear too often, so it took a moment for it to sink in.