What is flirtatiousness but an argument that life must go on and on and on?

I'm mad about being old and I'm mad about being American. Apart from that, OK.

You can't teach people to write well. Writing well is something God lets you do or declines to let you do.

Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.

in nonsense is strength

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

What antidote can there be for an idea that popular and poisonous? Revenge provides revenge, which is sure to provide revenge, forming an endless chain of human misery. Here's the antidote: Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Amen.