I am I because my little dog knows me.

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four years older and grinds her teeth at night.

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come.

There is no beginning to an end / But there is a beginning and an end / To beginning.

I was somewhat drunk with what I had done. And I am always one to prefer being sober.

it is a surprising thing that the largest city in the world should have a population as gentle and pleasant and intimate and considerate and comforting as a little bit of a place where everybody knows everybody and everything, but astonishing or not it is perfectly true and the inhabitants of New York are just like that, and they are like that and this thing is a delightful, natural and gentle and sweet and comforting thing.

Even the propagandists on the radio find it very difficult to really say let alone believe that the world will be a happy place, of love and peace and plenty, and that the lion will lie down with the lamb and everybody will believe anybody.