Dear Daddy-Long-Legs, You never answered my question and it was very important. ARE YOU BALD?

And if I ever have any children of my own, no matter how unhappy I may be, I am not going to let them have any cares until they grow up.

‎Be careful not to keep your eyes glued to detail. Stand far enough away to get a perspective of the whole.

Everybody likes a few surprises; it's a perfectly natural human craving.

Is it snowing where you are? All the world that I see from my tower is draped in white and the flakes are coming down as big as pop-corns. It's late afternoon - the sun is just setting (a cold yellow colour) behind some colder violet hills, and I am up in my window seat using the last light to write to you.

She never lets ideas interrupt the easy flow of her conversation.

It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh - I really think that requires spirit. It's the kind of character that I am going to develop. I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skillfully and fairly as I can. If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laugh - also if I win.