But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
This is the posture of fortunes slave: one foot in the gravy, one foot in the grave.
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
Salvador [Dali] was brought up in Spain, a country colored by the legends of Hannibal, El Greco, and Cervantes. I was brought up in Ohio, a region steeped in the tradition of Coxey's Army, the Anti-Saloon League, and William Howard Taft.