Within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live.

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.

Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

We do choose how we shall live

We who are quotatious are never truly alone, but always hear the cheerful flow of remarks made by dead writers so much more intelligent than we.

Many moons ago dictionaries of quotations may have been less needed than they are today. In those good/bad old days, people walked around with entire poems and all the Shakespearean soliloquies in their heads.

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me.