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

A poet must discover that it’s his own story that is true, even if the truth is small indeed.

I have closely noted that people who watch a great deal of TV never again seem able to adjust to the actual pace of life. The speed of the passing images becomes the speed the aspire to and they seem to develop an impatience and boredom with anything else.

Suits obviously had helped to promote bad government and he was as guilty as anyone for wearing them so steadfastly for twenty years. Of late he had become frightened of the government for the first time in his life, the way the structure of democracy had begun debasing people rather than enlivening them in their mutual concern. The structure was no longer concerned with the purpose for which it was designed, and a small part of the cause, Nordstrom thought, was probably that all politicians and bureaucrats wore suits.

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid of angels.

Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.

Life is an honor, albeit anonymously delivered.