People don't know how chickens can turn on you, but they can -- just like mad dogs.

I sometimes think I prefer suitors in books rather than right in front of me. How awful, backward, cowardly, and mentally warped that will be if it turns out to be true.

But you want to know about the influence of books on my life, and as I've said, there was only one. Seneca. . .Maybe that sounds dull, but the letters aren't - they're witty. I think you learn more if you're laughing at the same time.

His writings have made me his friend.

Naturally curly hair is a curse, and don't ever let anyone tell you different.

Life goes on." What nonsense, I thought, of course it doesn't. It's death that goes on.

I think you learn more if you're laughing at the same time.