Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

Roy Blount's stuff makes me laugh so hard, sometimes I have to go sit in a room and shut the door

Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then.

When you come to expect humor of people, you will never get it.

Growing up in a place that has winter, you learn to avoid self-pity. Winter is not a personal experience, everybody else is just as cold as you, so you shouldn't complain about it too much. You learn this as a kid, coming home crying from the cold, and Mother looks down and says, 'It's only a little frostbite. You're okay.' And thus you learn to be okay. What's done is done. Get over it. Drink your coffee. It's not the best you'll ever get but it's good enough.

Give guilt - the gift that lasts forever.

In romance, as in life, you only learn when you're losing.