I do have a strong sense of an order in the universe.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.

She needed the chaos within her in order to discover the extraordinary no man could ever reach.

The biggest criminals that I have met in life are working for the government. They make mass murderers look like amateurs.

It’s not right because it just isn’t. You can’t go round making up evidence just because you’re convinced someone is guilty. You can’t be judge and jury

I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me.

Parents remain our touchstones, fellow travelers, even after death. They are both missing and present.

Perhaps a normal man is supposed to be stupid-how do we know? Perhaps it's even very beautiful.

The rest were vulgar deaths unknown to fame.

I'm interested in the left side of the Bell Curve.