One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.
I expect that all of us get pretty much what we deserve of appreciation.
Keeping up appearances is the most expensive thing in the world.
There remain times when one can only endure. One lives on, one doesn't die, and the only thing that one can do, is to fill one's mind and time as far as possible with the concerns of other people. It doesn't bring immediate peace, but it brings the dawn nearer.
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
The test of a good letter is a very simple one. If one seems to hear the other person talking as one reads, it is a good letter.