and the sad notes floated out to the patio and hung in the trees like birds too tired to fly

Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop.

There was an awful suspicion in my mind that I'd finally gone over the hump, and the worst thing about it was that I didn't feel tragic at all, but only weary, and sort of comfortably detached.

As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.

Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces.

There's no point in getting into politics at all unless you plan to lash things around.