My father always told me: 'Give somebody a hand and he'll take an arm.

Don't let thoughts of me hold you back. Just do what you want to do. Otherwise, I might end up taking you with me, and that is the one thing I don't want to do. I don't want to interfere with your life.

The passage of time will usually extract the venom of most things and render them harmless

For some reason all the middle-aged women he knew were very efficient.

To be able to talk to your heart’s content about a book you like with someone who feels the same way about it is one of the greatest joys that life can offer.

Grandfather always said school’s a place where they take sixteen years to wear down your brain. Grandfather hardly went to school either.

Some things in life are too complicated to explain in any language.