What do you mean less than nothing? I don't think there is any such thing as less than nothing. Nothing is absolutely the limit of nothingness. It's the lowest you can go. It's the end of the line. How can something be less than nothing? If there were something that was less than nothing, then nothing would not be nothing, it would be something - even though it's just a very little bit of something. But if nothing is nothing, then nothing has nothing that is less than it is.

Even now; with a thousand little voyages notched in my belt. I still feel a memorial chill on casting off.

Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.

The young writer should learn to spot them: words that at first glance seem freighted with delicious meaning, but that soon burst in the air, leaving nothing but a memory of bright sound.

"Have you ever found anything that gives you relief?" "Yes. A drink."

Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They'll believe anything they see in print.

If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.