I've always taken my hangovers as consequence, not as a punishment.

In Spanish there is a word for which I can't find a counterword in English. It is the verb VACILAR... It does not mean vacillating at all. If one is vacilando, he is going somewhere, but does not greatly care whether or not he gets there, although he has direction.

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping.

The misery stayed, not thought about but aching away, and sometimes I would have to ask myself, Why do I ache? Men can get used to anything, but it takes time.

But you must give him some sign, some sign that you love him... or he'll never be a man. All his life he'll feel guilty and alone unless you release him.

Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.

Perhaps it takes courage to raise children.