A wife is like a children's movie; always under-appreciated and without either, life would be incomplete.

It was deeply a part of Lee's kindness and understanding that man's right to kill himself is inviolable, but sometimes a friend can make it unnecessary

And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way.

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

What hidden, hoarded longings there are in all of us.

What some people find in religion a writer may find in his craft...a kind of breaking through to glory.

Sir, this is a unique dog. He does not live by tooth or fang. He respects the right of cats to be cats although he doesn't admire them. He turns his steps rather than disturb an earnest caterpillar. His greatest fear is that someone will point out a rabbit and suggest that he chase it. This is a dog of peace and tranquility.