EDNA: You know when you're in the bathroom - like in a cafe - and someone tries the doorknob - and you know it's locked, but still, your heart goes like a humpback whale?

JOHN: Your heart BREACHES?

EDNA: Yes. You know that feeling?

JOHN: No.

Understatement

Understatement on Clinton Street.

Syntax at Culture

"In my optimistic way," she said, "something chemical will happen."

Begin again.

Bread-winner, jam-bringer, sitting in a tree.

National Character

He said the Germans are known for getting up early to lay their towels in the best poolside spots to "claim" them. Then they go back to bed and return at a reasonable hour: and they've already won.

Leonard Street

"I got arrested for trespassing," he said, "but I had permission to be on that premise!"

Fortune

I was born under an administrative star in a sky streaked with bicycle grease.