Buddy eyed me closely. His eyes were filigreed with red. I watched as he went through one of those instantaneous mood swings that only drunks and menstruating women can manage.

Whatever your situation, there exist hope

Kindness is my weapon of choice. My second is a Semmian da

Never judge a woman by her age.

Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees.

It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.

Some people do drugs, I buy shoes!

I can forgive injuries, but never benefits.

This is unfortunately a world in which things find it difficult, frequently impossible, to live up to their names.

A piazza is not a plaza. The plaza is the theme park of the piazza; the plaza is the commercial version. A piazza is an empty space with no function. This is what Europeans understand.

Contrary to what we've been told, children can detect deceit in parents much easier than parents can detect deceit in children.