The only bookstore I had was the paperback rack at the drugstore.
Nothing good ever comes without a price.
If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
Yesterday's gone on down the river and you can't get it back.
I once owned a collection of 77 novels that won the Pulitzer. The only good novel of the bunch was The Grapes of Wrath.
If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.