Affection may be abiding and love may be abiding, but the state of being in love is transitory.

It is possible to ruin a chicken in the cooking of it, but not easily. Short of burning it or letting it get dried out, you can hardly go wrong.

It takes an enormous amount of energy, creative energy withdrawn from the total economy of the person, to hold a trait underground, and, unfortunately, needs and drives do not go underground alone; they carry with them useful parts of the personality, depriving it of richness and the possibility of a variety of response.

Most people ask of their friends that they understand them, but, on balance, I think I prefer a friend who understands himself.

cookbooks, I found, are intended for people with time to cook - and, surprisingly often, for people who already know how to cook.

It is characteristic to believe that those in need are given to, that the squeaky hinge is the one that gets the oil, but in the realm of emotions this is not so. It is the person who does not solicit liking and love, admiration and respect, sympathy and empathy to whom they are freely given.

We find what we expect to find. We do not see the world as it is but as we are.