I get rational when I panic.

I get rational when I panic.

I exaggerated even before I began to exaggerate, because it's true — nothing is ever quite as bad as it could be.

For peace of mind, I will lie about any thing at any time.

I moved through the days like a severed head that finishes a sentence.

All those years on the psychiatrist's couch and suddenly the couch is moving. Good God, she is on that couch when the big one hits. Maidy didn't tell you, but you know what her doctor said? She sprang from the couch and said, "My God, was that an earthquake?" The doctor said this: "Did it feel like an earthquake to you?

A five-hour flight works out to three days and nights on land, by rail, from sea to shining sea. You can chalk off the hours on the back of the seat ahead. But seventy-some hours will not seem so long to you if you tell yourself first: This is where I am going to be for the rest of my natural life.