To take for granted one's blessings is a damage to the soul, and in time one will lose them, simply from lack of care. One should never tire of nourishing and treasuring all that is lovely.

We all try to forget what hurts us, it is sometimes the only way we can continue.

I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous.

I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all need to eat, but that's not the only reason to work. You couldn't have paid me not to write.

The truth can be very sharp. But it makes a cleaner wound than lies. It will not fester

some kinds of beauty did not heal, but hollowed the pain even deeper.

The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the devastating loss it will bring? I believe yes, there are some freedoms which to sacrifice would be EVEN worse.