Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will.

New York blends the gift of privacy with the excitement of participation; and better than most dense communities it succeeds in insulating the individual (if he wants it, and almost everybody wants or needs it) against all enormous and violent and wonderful events that are taking place every minute.

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy.

It was the best place to be, thought Wilbur, this warm delicious cellar, with the garrulous geese, the changing seasons, the heat of the sun, the passage of swallows, the nearness of rats, the sameness of sheep, the love of spiders, the smell of manure, and the glory of everything.

In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.

You're terrific as far as I am concerned.

When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.