We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.
Childhood is a short season.
One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.
Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.
All my dogs have been scamps and thieves and troublemakers and I've adored them all.
The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.