"Such was the code: Strive for victory, but never seem to be self-involved."
- H.W. Brands
"The nature of revolutions is to sweep the reluctant along."
"Time after time during the next six months, he would put me together again."
"Reagan to son: how really great is the challenge of proving your masculinity and charm with one woman for the rest of your life. Any man can find a twerp here and there who will go along with cheating..."
"A live-in domestic worker: "You are never sure that your soul is your own except when you are out of the house."
"A young mark twain on the make: "I can't turn in inkstand into Aladdin's lamp."
"Abilene possessed greater vision, perhaps because it possessed little else."
"He was like a man thinking on an abstract subject all the time."
"Accustomed to motion, he was forced to be still."
"His charm was not electric, but it was enveloping."