the courage it took to get out of bed eachmorningto face the same thingsover and overwasenormous.

Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can't even cry.

yes, Wagner and the storm intermix with the wine as nights like this run up my wrists and up into my head and back down into the gut

having nothing to struggleagainstthey have nothing to strugglefor.

the gods play nofavorites.

the gods seldomgivebut so quicklytake.

she slammed the door andwas gone.I looked at the closed doorand at the doorknoband strangelyI didn't feelalone.

the worst thing, " he told me, "is bitterness, people end up sobitter.

I see a brightportionunder the overhead lightthat shades intodarknessand then into darkerdarknessand I can't see beyond that.

I believe that to be the world's greatest livingwriterthere must be somethingterribly wrong with you.I don't even want to be the world's greatestdead writer.just being dead would be fairenough.

I paid, got up, walkedto the door, openedit.I heard the mansay, "that guy'snuts."out on the street Iwalked northfeelingcuriouslyhonored.

A life that is happy and has no money, is better then a life unhappy with money.

You ever have that feeling? Like you’ve known someone your whole life but you don’t know them at all.

The Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls are unbeautiful and have comfortable minds.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

Gold hath no lustre of its own. It shines by temperate use alone.

This is probably one of the most difficult challenges any parent could face - learning to love the other parent enough to make the children first.

Fear of disease killed more men than disease itself.

Music is always a part of my characters' make-up.

Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.