The worst surroundings in the world can be tolerated if the people in them are interesting and kind.

Arguing with somebody is never pleasant, but sometimes it is useful and necessary to do so.

One can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.

An Overall Feeling of Doom that One Cannot Ever Escape no Matter What One Does

Lately it has become more and more difficult to attend dinner parties without the evening ending in gunfire or tapioca.

The moral of Snow White is never eat apples.

There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matter if you keep them secret.