It seemed better to delay thinking.

but as God said, crossing his legs, I see where I have made plenty of poets but not so very much poetry.

Dying should come easy: like a freight train you don't hear when your back is turned.

There is light somewhere.

Morals were restrictive, but they were grounded on human experience.

More often than not Democratic Law works to the advantage of the few even though the many have voted; this, of course, is because the few have told them how to vote.

Fay had a spot of blood on the left side of her mouth and I took a wet cloth and wiped it off. Women were meant to suffer; no wonder they asked for constant declarations of love.