We All Want To Be Guilty, Because

Even When We Say Nothing Our Clothes Are Talking Noisily To Everyone Who Sees Us, Telling Them Who We Are, Where We Come From, What We Like To Do In Bed And A Dozen Other Intimate Things.

We Say Something Every Morning When We Decide How To Dress.

Attempts To Limit Female Mobility By Hampering Locomotion Are Ancient And Almost Universal. The Foot-binding Of Upper-class Chinese Girls And The Nigerian Custom Of Loading Women's Legs With Pounds Of Heavy Brass Wire Are Extreme Examples, But All Over The World Similar Stratagems Have Been Employed To Make Sure That Once You Have Caught A Woman She Cannot Run Away, And Even If She Stays Around She Cannot Keep Up With You. ... Literally As Well As Figuratively Modern Women's Shoes Are What Keeps Samantha From Running As Fast As Sammy.

There Is A Peculiar Burning Odor In The Room, Like Explosives. The Kitchen Fills With Smoke And The Hot, Sweet, Ashy Smell Of Scorched Cookies. The War Has Begun.

Real Literature, Like Travel, Is Always A Surprise.