Till tomorrow good sir one must but gaze at stars

Never fear the thing you feel-- Only by love is life made real

Haw! Haw! Inconceivable stupidity is just what you're going to get! (Brigadier-General Henry Wilson, on being challenged in 1910 about the likelihood of a European war)

My family is filled with wonderful storytellers. I lack their gift of gab, so it's a relief to be able to write.

I'm interested in astrology and astronomy.

I had a holiday job in a kitchen, but I think well draw a polite veil over that. There was nothing joyous or creative about it. And none of this helped my studies.

The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941.

It's such a huge playing field, especially with the wind and shifting tides and only three women out. It's almost like you are fending for yourself out there.

Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?

Should I push him or should I throw him?" Howie asks. "Do what comes naturally," I yelled back. "I don't know," he says. "This is a very unnatural thing.

From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take.