Cheer up,' I said. 'All countries look just like the moving pictures.

Fortunately I have never learned to take the good advice I give myself nor the counsel of my fears.

Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light.

There will always be people who say it does not exist because they cannot have it. But I tell you it is true and that you have it and that you are lucky even if you die tomorrow.

I never liked to hunt, you know. There was always the danger of having a horse fall on you.

There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene.

Life breaks us all but in the end we are stronger in the broken places.