To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.
A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.
It isn't silence you can cut with a knife any more, it's interchange of ideas. Intelligent discussion of practically everything is what is breaking up modern marriage.
Life's accumulation is more discouraging than life itself, when stirred up.
I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn't know where else to go.
Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society — things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed.