Intimacy is what makes a marriage, not a ceremony, not a piece of paper from the state.
Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of a journey.
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.
The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.