sleep is the most innocent creature there is and a sleepless manthe most guilty.

Yours(now I'm even losing my name - it was getting shorter and shorter all the time and is now: Yours)

If I could drown in sleep as I drown in fear I would be no longer alive.

All right then, I’ll be mad at you on this score, which incidentally is no great misfortune, as things balance out quite well if there’s a little anger for you lurking in one corner of my heart.

It occurs to me that I really can't remember your face in any precise detail. Only the way you walked away through the tables in the café, your figure, your dress, that I still see.

Friendship is the bread of the heart.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us and I for one must be content to remain agnostic.

Do what thy manhood bids thee do.

It is true that I do not speak as well as I can think. But that is true of most people, as nearly as I can tell.

Parents can be very influential in designing those little creepy-crawlers that jump around in your mind for the rest of your life. It's the fear of not being good enough.

I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, was all I heard.

Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home

Make yourself do something stupid so when you really do something stupid you won't feel so bad

"Well, I'm supposed to be crazy, right?" [...] "And there isn't much I wouldn't do for you. The stupider, the better."

You'll often find that it's not mom or dad, husband or wife, or the kids that's stopping you. It's you. Get out of your own way.