Tacit knowledge is one of the most important concepts of current scholarship in the humanities. Ambitious and important, Tacit and Explicit Knowledge is a well-written and original book.

Resentment can be intoxicating in a way in which a drunk starts to believe he’s stronger than he is.

A good novel begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one.

those, who are believed to be most self—abased and humble, are generally in reality the most ambitious and envious

You can make your superhero a psychopath, you can draw gut-splattering violence, and you can call it a "graphic novel, " but comic books are still incredibly stupid.

Generally the pythons are better than anything else at killing.

Every man who is not a monster, a mathematician, or a mad philosopher, is the slave of some woman or other.

I don't believe in love at first sight because it means you're falling in love with someone's looks, not personality.

The state, frankly, could care less. Historically, the state has been able to use any religious point of view for its own ends. . . . The examples of government misusing religion are endless.

He asked <...> Rosemary, why do you love books so much? And I said, Well, I don't know <...> I suppose I love them because they're quiet, and I can take them to the park.

I have never been the stereotypical figure skater.