Do not believe that he who seeks to comfort you lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life has much difficulty... Were it otherwise he would never have been able to find those words.
Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.