The Almighty is a wonderful handicapper: He will not give us everything.
The spirit is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.
Too much brilliance has its disadvantages, and misplaced wit may raise a laugh, but often beheads a topic of profound interest.
It is not dying, but living, that is a preparation for Death.
the announcement that you are going to tell a good story (and the chuckle that precedes it) is always a dangerous opening.
Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.