“ Cities on the ocean have a choice whether to turn their faces or their backs to the water, lining the shore either with pretty hotels and rich homes or dim warehouses, narrow streets, and greasy piers… Joseph Bottum
“ A fierce hatred of embarrassment ruled a surprising amount of the life of Moses Malone, the Hall of Fame basketball center. Joseph Bottum
“ We have a name for the sum of grievances and compromises, this sheer normality of life lived among other people. We call it civilization. Culture, society, the workaday interactions of ordinary time. Joseph Bottum
“ Anything that keeps old words in circulation is to be treasured, the French revolution be damned. Joseph Bottum
“ People who are easily embarrassed – those who blush too often and too soon – usually end up retreating from excellence. Joseph Bottum
