... we are all terribly alone no matter what people say.

Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners; and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder.

All men are Jews, though few men know it.

Tomorrow the world is not the same as today, though God listens with the same ear.

If your train's on the wrong track every station you come to is the wrong station.

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

To any writer: Teach yourself to work in uncertainty. Many writers are anxious when they begin, or try something new. Even Matisse painted some of his Fauvist pictures in anxiety. Maybe that helped him to simplify. Character, discipline, negative capability count. Write, complete, revise. If it doesn't work, begin something else.