I shed a tear when I meet somebody who always quits. Reliable people are so rare in this world.

Alphabet: a symbolic system used in algebra, with applications that have yet to be discovered by dyslexics and two thirds of college graduates.

The idealist hopes. The romantic sees doom. The postmodernist sees doom and hopes.

The lampshade on my head is for my bright ideas. I won't be able to convey them until Monday, when my curtain gets out of the dry cleaners.

Pure joy is rare. That’s why for every meal I eat a really bloody steak.

Mom always said I was born to sit in the electric chair, but I'm proving her wrong. I'm going to die on my knees, begging for my life.

I bet there are a lot of women out there who want to sleep with a guy who reads. And being the head of the reading foundation, I’m very well endowed.

I love working with my hands. My writing is rough, my paper bruised with ink stains.

Night clubs are where Americans learn the laws of motion.

Education: learning to find your purpose. Upon finding your purpose: what did I learn?

If all women revealed their age, men would have nothing to hide from each other.

Self respect, self worth and self love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value.

The ideal editor will hold you to the best of yourself in the piece.

I have found it helpful to say a prayer asking to understand the scriptures when I read them. Then I ask, "What does Heavenly Father want me to learn from this scripture?" He always helps.

The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.

The least I can do is show Medgar I still care. And Martin.

But marriage is one long sacrifice.... Chapter 21, Medora Manson speaking to Newland Archer

if you don't think that all life is improvisation, then you haven't been paying attention. Life is what happens to you while you're making other plans.

Menny think tha luv their husbands almost tew deth, when in fack, tha are only jealous ov them.

I'm really lucky to be married to a perfect person.

There is never a reason to lose hope. Jesus says: “I am with you until the end of the world.