Ham with mustard is a meal of glory

I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one; an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt.

Many dogs can understand almost every word humans say, while humans seldom learn to recognize more than half a dozen barks, if that. And barks are only a small part of the dog language. A wagging tail can mean so many things. Humans know that it means a dog is pleased, but not what a dog is saying about his pleasedness.

...surely I could give him--a sort of contentment... That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver.

Only half a page left now. Shall I fill it with 'I love you, I love you'-- like father's page of cats on the mat? No. Even a broken heart doesn't warrant a waste of good paper.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

... for I know I shall be interrupted-- I shall want to be, really, because life is too exciting to sit still for long.