My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S.
“You have this special connection with someone if you're their first record or their first concert or their first poster or whatever it is.”
“Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the right thing, when the result is the radial tire.”