So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness.

...their eyes are full of kindness as each feels the full effect of novelty after a short separation. They are drawing a relaxation from each other's presence, a new serenity.

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

Happiness is the relief after extreme tension

It was testimony to the romantic speculation he inspired that there were whispers about him from those who had found little that it was necessary to whisper about in this world.

It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment.

Sometimes I wish I'd went through those good times stone cold sober so I could remember everything," he said, "but then again, if I had been sober the times probably wouldn't have been worth remembering.