You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.

Where did I get the nerve to think I could handle American teenagers? Ignorance. That's where I got the nerve.

You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age, when you're staring into the grave.

I must congratulate myself, in passing, for never having lost the ability to examine my conscience, never having lost the gift of finding myself wanting & defective. Why fear the criticism of others when you, yourself, are first out of the critical gate? If self-denigration is the race I am the winner, even before the starting gun. Collect the bets.

There are so many ways of saying Hi. Hiss it, trill it, bark it, sing it, bellow it, laugh it, cough it. A simple stroll in the hallway calls for paragraphs, sentences in your head, decisions galore.

Love her as in childhood Through feeble, old and grey. For you’ll never miss a mother’s love Till she’s buried beneath the clay.

Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow.