The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments have not harmed me too much.

Chess is a beautiful mistress.

A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!

A chess player never has a heart attack in a good position.

Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won.

I often play a move I know how to refute.

I don't care very much for miniatures. I don't try to beat my opponents quickly because if they are strong, I think I should respect them. It is too risky to play sharply to beat them in 20 moves.

A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast, of course, to the fear-and-laziness draws.

The stomach is an essential part of the Chess master

In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct - and more interesting than the Closed.

Look forward, in the direction of sunshine.

I did the math. (I presume Americans don't pluralise mathematics because they only plan to do it once.)

From the moment I saw you, I wanted you in my dreams

I'll take thy word for faith not ask thine oath Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both.

A person who says "it's your decision" is informing you that your decision sucks.

It is the studying that you do after your school days that really counts. Otherwise, you know only that which everyone else knows.

I just found this world a hard place to be good in,’ says Bunny, then he closes his eyes and, with an expiration of breath, goes still.

There is a certain pleasure in weeping.

New York is so full of the best unemployed actors on the planet.

...as I apprehend the Buddhist doctrine of karma, I agree in principle with that.