Of course I love you, So let's have a kid. Who will say exactly What its parents did; "Of course I love you, So let's have a kid. Who will say exactly What its parents did; 'Of course I love you, So let's have a kid Who will say exactly What its parents did -'" Et cetera. -NOBLE CLAGGETT (1947-1966)

There's a Chaplain who never visited the front.

Homo Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns.

Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer.

Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.

I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.

Please — a little less love, and a little more common decency.