Claire Messud Quote

There would definitely be way fewer instances of cheating, if the average couple did not have sex only when the woman feels like it.

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

Being bored is the price we pay for not being insane.

Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.

The fact that the person who you are sleeping with is also sleeping with another person or other people does not necessarily mean that he or she does not love you. And the fact that you are the only p...

The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.

Instead of being regarded as intelligent or knowledgeable, many a woman would rather be regarded as beautiful or good in the kitchen; many a man, as handsome or good in bed.

Marketing is so powerful that it can make even an extremely untalented musician a one-hundred-hits wonder.

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

It is still cheating, even if nobody comes.