Hecuba had the mistaken notion, just like my poor mama, that all a girl had to do was to get married and all her problems were solved overnight.

Do you really think it's behaving like a Christian to be glad when you see death and ruin falling on your fellow men? Is that what Christ taught us?

When you're dead, you're dead, and that's that.

There is no vacation for a writer! Every moment of his life is work!

Twenty-five, he was. Twenty-five tomorrow. Some years the snow had melted for his birthday, but not this year, and so it had been a long winter full of cows.

Football ruled my life for years, morning, noon and night.

Habit is far stronger than the lessons of experience.

There is scarce a cave, an isolated rock, a lone pine tree or a pile of stones without supporting folklore.

I have a completely new knee. It's brilliant. I am not feeling my age at all. I feel about 43, a willowy blonde 43 years old with long legs.

We walk around every day not knowing the exact level of risk and benefit associated with most of our actions, yet it remains our responsibility to decide what’s worth pursuing.

Canst thou prophesy, thou little tree, What the glory of thy boughs shall be?

Google demotes search results that don't get clicked on.

They made small effort to cover their raw souls with the mantle of commonplace words.