The Old Patagonian Express

You define a good flight by negatives: you didn’t get hijacked, you didn’t crash, you didn’t throw up, you weren’t late, you weren’t nauseated by the food. So you are grateful.

Tightfisted people are as mean with friendship as they are with cash--suspicious, unbelieving, and incurious.

You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude.