Boredom, not the will, is the mother of change. Necessity is the father.

Call on literary convention, and it will gladly tell your story for you.

It is hard to tell truth, and hard not to.

Conscience is the moralized form of self-absorption.

Travelling, I worry about luggage, prices, and strange food. At home, I am free to broaden my mind by thinking about the higher things.

Once wealth and beauty are gone, there is always rural life.

Every parent can imagine the joys of child abuse.