I look up at the painting. It's not even that interesting. Definitely doesn't grab me and shake my brain around like the meadow scene did.

We would prefer all gain and no loss in life, yet that would gain us nothing more than great loss.

You might not want to fight for the things that others would fight for, like money or notoriety, but fight all the same. Whatever it is that you want, go after it with all that you have in you.

I feel like I've always had a sordid sense of humor, and it's only gotten more twisted as I've gotten older.

Children are illuminated text-books, breviaries of doctrine, living bodies of divinity, open always and inviting their elders to peruse the characters inscribed on the lovely leaves.

The most important things is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.

Thirty, thirty-five, forty, all had come to visit her like admonitory relatives, and all had slipped away without a trace, without a sound, and now, once again, she was waiting.

As long as people are listening that's all that matters.

There is wonder and a certain wicked pleasure in these giddy ascents and terrible falls, especially as they happen to other people.

We come to God by love and not by navigation.

Every big leaguer and his wife should teach their children to pray, God bless Mommy, God bless Daddy, and God bless Babe Ruth.