That man who is more then his elements knows the land that is more than its analysis.

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — "Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought."

I have wondered why is it that some people are less affected and torn by the verities of life and death that others.

Men all do about the same thing when they wake up.

For the most part people are not curious except about themselves.

Learning to read is probably the most difficult and revolutionary thing that happens to the human brain and if you don't believe that, watch an illiterate adult try to do it.

There is one thing pleasantly unconfusing about medicine. The direction and the end are fixed and the patient never works backward.