I love thee and thou art so lovely and so wonderful and so beautiful and it does such things to me to be with thee that I feel as though I wanted to die when I am loving thee.

I'm not going to get into the ring with Tolstoy.

One cat just leads to another.

I suppose if a man has something once, always something of it remains.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

But I think the Great DiMaggio would be proud of me today.

I kept this to remind me of you trying to brush away the Villa Rossa from your teeth in the morning, swearing and eating aspirin and cursing harlots. Every time I see that glass I think of you trying to clean your conscience with a toothbrush.