love has a very dulling effect on the brain

Any man with a grain of sense knows that marriage is the only way, these days, to acquire a full-time maid who works twenty-five hours a day, with no time off and no pay except room and board. (p9)

when I become death. Death is the seed from which I grow.

Don't ever allow your heart to become desperate for love

Can I brush your hair?” she asked as she led the way, her disposition doing a 180 on a dime. Kids. Can’t live with ’em. Can’t eat ’em for lunch.

What you love most always finds a way to also become your biggest weakness.

The balls definitely carry a lot more. There should be some more home runs this year. Some of the guys on the team will have more home runs. On defense we'll have to cover some more ground.

Time heals all things.

There's no genius behind it. It's persistence and listening to people.

Your history is animal. Your future is divinity. Right now, you are like a pendulum, swinging between the two.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

I don't think of myself as being tied.