We haven’t met for many years, said Daisy, her voice as matter-of-fact as it could ever be. "Five years next November." The automatic quality set us all back at least another minute.

Optimism is the content of small men in high places.

Even when everything seems rotten you can't trust that judgment. It's the sum of all your judgments that counts.

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

Now the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual destitution or physical suffering

No matter how low you go, there's always an unexplored basement.

It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.