“We were now a tribe of four, continuously touring America and Europe, city to city. Days were spent in museums and cafes, on trains and airplanes while our nights were spent at art house cinema, dinner parties or poetry readings.”

“She wanted it now.  With one caveat.  I had to change the name.”

“I know the generosity of Ruth, a generosity of heart and spirit that the little girl from the Bronx kept all her life, and which for me is the deep part of my friend Ruth, American, the friend that I love and have loved without reserve. A worthy person.”