Everything is your fault if you're any damn good.
One battle doesn't make a campagin, but critics treat one book, good or bad, like a whole war.
Enjoying living was learning to get your money's worth and knowing when you had it.
If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes.
Everyone behaves badly--given the chance.
To be able to say: I loved this person, we had a hell of a nice time together, it's over but in a way it will never be over and I do know that I for sure loved this person, to be able to say that and mean it, that's rare. That's rare and valuable.