Where facts are few, experts are many.
A poem is no place for an idea.
Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.
Music is essentially useless, as life is.
Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
I strained around against the crowd and saw Van looking with disgust at an older guy in a nice suit who was kind of smirking at her. She was digging in her purse and I knew what she was digging for.
I never know how much of what I say is true.