All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.

Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can't erase it.

From three to four, he planned to stand perfectly still and think of what it was like to be alive.

A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.

There is a decivilizing bug somewhere at work; unconsciously persons of stern worth, by not resenting and resisting the small indignities of the times, are preparing themselves for the eventual acceptance of what they themselves know they don't want.

Too many things on my mind, said Wilbur. Well, said the goose, that's not my trouble. I have nothing at all on my mind, but I've too many things under my behind.

I have no warm up exercises, other than to take an occasional drink.