Of all the agonies in life, that which is most poignant and harrowing--that which for the time annihilates reason, and leaves our whole organization one lacerated, mangled heart--is the conviction that we have been deceived where we placed all the trust of love.

On the one hand, it's common sense it's hard to see someone you love get sick or die. People are interconnected and their health is, too.

The fact is that I loved being in England.

Despatch is the soul of business.

Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one's balance.

Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.

I feel very bad about getting things wrong.