Misfortune is a fact of nature acceptable to women, especially when it falls on other women.

And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about.

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

Lennie begged, "Le's do it now. Le's get that place now." "Sure right now. I gotta. We gotta.

she knew she could help him best by being silent and by being near

It is one of the triumphs of the human that he can know a thing and still not believe it.