It is at a fair that man can be drunk forever on liquor, love, or fights; at a fair that your front pocket can be picked by a trotting horse looking for sugar, and your hind pocket by a thief looking for his fortune.

Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.

A writer's style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias...it is the Self escaping into the open.

Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness, natives give it solidity and continuity, but the settlers give it passion.

I am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.

The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year - the days when summer is changing into autumn - the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change.

Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.