There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.

The most instructive experiences are those of everyday life.

Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.

One hears but one does not seek; one takes -- one does not ask who gives; a thought flashes up like lightning, it comes of necessity and unfalteringly formed.

Good prose is written only face to face with poetry.

At times, our strengths propel us so far forward we can no longer endure our weaknesses and perish from them.

We ought to learn from the kine one thing: ruminating.