People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and admiration.

The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

love has a very dulling effect on the brain

There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.

Everything has happened before - not once, but over and over again. We may not be able to solve our problems through what are pompously called "the lessons of history," but at least we should be able to recognize the issues and perhaps avoid some of the solutions that have failed in the past. And we can take heart in our own dilemma by realizing that other people in other times have survived worse.

Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.

a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.