[...] at Versailles, no one of importance speaks quickly and spontaneously, every utterance is planned like a move in a chess game.
Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver
Castling.
Edurantion.
I tried to cover my embarrassment by ranting to the children about Descartes and Euclid.
Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver
Dare to laugh.
Eliza laughed out loud, lustily, drawing glares from women who never laughed that way, or at all.
Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver
Windycle.
Luxury problem of the week: so much wind that the bike might fly away.
Private happiness, public tragedy.
With good food and wonderful people one could almost forget the climate crisis.