Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.
Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family." "Very boring, Emerson.