Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in. - Robertson Davies

Motherhood and all the sentimentality that goes with Mother's Day was not congenial to the Greek mind. They were a remarkably unsentimental people; they had no particular reverence for children, nor did they regard them as a special and privileged portion of society. It would not have occurred to them to erect a vast temple to Mickey Mouse. They left that for us.

Subtle wits like to refresh themselves with a whiff of mild indecency.

Anna, who has always been devout, knows well that Despair is a mortal sin, and now she knows that it is a luxury, as well.