Reading Civilized The Inner Life.

I Keep Renaming My Motives, But Continue Doing The Same Things.

Reading Gives You Some Place To Go When You Have To Stay Where You Are.

Matter-of-fact Descriptions Make The Improbable Seem Real.

Reality Is The Name We Give To Our Disappointments.

A Sense Of Absurdity Interferes With My Efforts To Appear Venerable.