Egyptian Proverb: The worst things: To be in bed and sleep not, To want for one who comes not, To try to please and please not.

but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking, a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game

Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people's lives.

Here's to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.

There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind.

What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story.

I want to just be lazy and I want some of the people around me to be doing things, because that makes me feel comfortable and safe - and I want some of them to be doing nothing at all, because they can be graceful and companionable for me.