celebratin' New Year's Eve is like eatin' oranges. You got to let go your dignity t' really enjoy 'em.

Men often marry their mothers.

Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history.

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

don't you hate people who say they're not complaining and then complain?

One can summon courage and fortitude to face tragedy; irritations and frustrations are a cloud of mosquitoes that nip and sting and drive one frantic.

People permit life to slide past them like a deft pickpocket, their purse-not yet missed and now too late-in his hand.