Hope Is A Talent Like Any Other.

For What I Have Received May The Lord Make Me Truly Thankful. And More Truly For What I Have Not Received.

The Critic's Hankering To Be Law-giver Rather Than Servant Of Literature Is Irrepressible.

The Only Way To Live Is To Accept Each Minute As An Unrepeatable Miracle, Which Is Exactly What It Is: A Miracle And Unrepeatable.

Perhaps This Is In The End What Most Marriages Are - Gentleness, Memory, And Habit.

One Of The Uncovenanted Benefits Of Living For A Long Time Is That, Having So Many More Dead Than Living Friends, Death Can Appear As A Step Backwards Into The Joyous Past.