My head rang like a gong.
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
Sometimes love will pick you up by the short hairs...and jerk the heck out of you.
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it.