Quote of the Day (Rosemary Harris, on an Irresistible Pass From the Past)

“He said, ‘Don’t you think we should get together to celebrate our glorious futures before they become our dim and dismal pasts?’ How could any girl resist that?”—British actress Rosemary Harris, recalling the pickup line used by Labour Party force Tony Crosland to introduce himself after the two had been praised in London’s Evening Standard, quoted in Ian Parker, “The Boards: Raj Recall,” The New Yorker, Oct. 20, 2014