Maud: Young women are never happy.Betty: Mother, what a thing to say.Maud: Then when they're older they look back and see that comparatively speaking they were ecstatic.

Throughout the day, anytime you find yourself feeling stressed or wanting to complain, stop for 10 seconds and breathe. Count your breaths and your blessings.

I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets:

Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment.

I think in the end officials in each country's judicial system will do what they believe is right because if they do something bad to somebody it's on their conscience for the rest of their lives.

Each one writes history according to his convenience.

We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn’t it comforting to know God isn’t ever broken? He isn’t ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next.

I wonder if I shall ever see her again, and I realize that I scarcely care. I can feel the sheets beneath me, and the cold air on my chest. I feel fine. I feel absolutely fine. I feel nothing at all.

I'm on a search for my future ex-wife.

If I were a doctor nobody would be inviting me to talk to reservations. I'd be a different person. Writers can influence more people.

Just because a record has a groove don't make it in the groove.