It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.

as one grows older, one realizes how little one knows about any relationship, or even about oneself.

Haven't you lived in the South long enough to know that nothing is ever anybody's fault?

People always sound so proud when they announce they know nothing of music.

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.

We all lead more pedestrian lives than we think we do. The boiling of an egg is sometimes more important than the boiling of a love affair in the end.

But maybe half a lie is worse than a real lie.