Rush, that most exciting perversion of life, the necessity of accomplishing something in less time than should be truly allowed for its doing.

Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative.

My,' she said. 'We're lucky that you found the place.' We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood. There was wood everywhere in that apartment to knock on too.

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

I was so sentimental about you I'd break any one's heart for you. My, I was a damned fool. I broke my own heart, too. It's broken and gone. Everything I believe in and everything I cared about I left for you because you were so wonderful and you loved me so much that love was all that mattered. Love was the greatest thing, wasn't it?

No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.

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.