Somewhere in this latest humiliation there was a lesson in self-reliance. He'd failed so completely that he'd become his own man again.

What man wanted a woman without fire, and vice-versa?

Why was he drawn to complicated women, or were all women--all people, finally--complicated?

Baby you don’t even know I’m falling apartIn your fun and games, You’ve stolen my heart.

I always secretly looked forward to nothing going as planned. That way, I wasn't limited by my imagination. That way, anything can, and always did, happen.

The shock, for an intelligent writer, of discovering for the first time that there are people younger than himself who think him stupid is severe.

A saint is one to be for two when three and you make five and two and cover. A at most. Saint saint a saint.

The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.

I drive a lot of joy from being able to help others and helping put them on the path that they want.

The relevant part of the First Amendment here prohibits the making of any law, quote, "abridging the freedom of speech." And it's pretty well-established that speech comes in many forms.

I played for 30 years, 20 with England and I did it by setting goals.

Some pale, hueless flicker of sensitivity is in me. God, must I lose it in cooking scrambled eggs for a man.

Sorrow and scarlet leaf, Sad thoughts and sunny weather. Ah me, this glory and this grief Agree not well together!