The Ordinary Life: the misery seems planned, the happiness accidental.
Cheerfulness is a policy; happiness is a talent.
I like the old wisdom--puns, riddles, spells, proverbs.
In love, we worry more about the meaning of silences than the meaning of words.
The idealist regards facts as provisional.
To learn a vocation, you also have to learn the frauds it practices and the promises it breaks.