First things first, though, I thought, and headed straight for the liquor cabinet. Times like this call for straight scotch, no rocks.

Bait, no matter how big, is useless if fish don’t want it.

Nobody special had come around to replace Duane, and she was moping, going to bed alone every night with a box of Velveeta and a fork.

POSTNot a head stands out A finger rises Then it is the voice that one knows A signal a brief note A man leaves Up above a cloud that passes by No one goes in And the night keeps its secret

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.

With music and art, I can create the kind of world in which I wish to live.

The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome life of the teacher.

The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.

In Rome people seem to love with more zest, murder with more imagination, submit to creative urges more often, and lose the sense of logic more easily than in any other place.

I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.