The privilege of the grave: Its occupant has one privilege which is not exercised by any living person: free speech.

And then depression set in....

I was raised mostly by my mom.

I looked back at some high school journals and discovered that I definitely wanted to be a writer, but not necessarily comedy.

Though we do not have many poets, we certainly have more than we deserve, for we deserve none at all. It is ourselves that we are hurting by our stupidity and ignorance of poetry.

The choice lies between property on the one hand and slavery, public or private, on the other. There is no third issue.

and the sad notes floated out to the patio and hung in the trees like birds too tired to fly

I like being around people that mean what they say.

That sounded about as likely as Apophis and Ra becoming Facebook buddies, but I decided not to say anything.

She’s best friends with my wife. (Julian) Gracie? You’re married to Gracie? That was you? You’re Mr. Hot Bottom! (Sunshine)

Many a zero thinks it is the ellipse on which the Earth travels.