The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.
Saw Washington Monument. Phallic. Appalling. A national catastrophe.
Prepare to live by all means, but for Heaven's sake do not forget to live.
Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.
I think it rather fine, this necessity for the tense bracing of the will before anything worth doing can be done. I rather like it myself. I feel it is to be the chief thing that differentiates me from the cat by the fire.
You are not in charge of the universe; you are in charge of yourself.