The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
I didn't even breathe.
What's another word for Thesaurus?
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
The first vehicle that screamed past -- an ambulance -- didn't even slow down.
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.
Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.