The six to eight black men were characterized as personal slaves until the mid-1950s, when the political climate changed and it was decided that inst… - David Sedaris

I thought I'd get a coffee and take it outdoors, but just as I approached, a boy swooped in and began mixing himself a cup of hot chocolate. It was a complicated business, mixing a cup of hot chocolate. You had to spread the powdered cocoa from one end of the table to the other and use as many stirrers as possible, making sure to thoroughly chew the wetted ends before tossing them upon the stack of unused napkins. This is what I like about children: complete attention to one detail and complete disregard of another.

And when Hugh would grow progressively Gandhi on me, I'd remind him that these were pests — -disease carriers who feasted upon the dead and then came indoors to dance upon our silverware.

What looks good now is guaranteed to embarrass you twenty years down the line, which is, of course, the whole problem with fashion.