The reason to moderate is to avoid having to quit.

That's my only defense against this world: to build a sentence out of it.

Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot.

I had let my digust with teaching ruin my love of literature.

I seek the substantial in life.

The world that used to nurse us now keeps shouting inane instructions. That's why I ran to the woods.

Barring love I'll take my life in large doses alone--rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs.