A goldfish is reason enough for living, if someone needs a reason.
Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter.
Every farewell combines loss and new freedom.
Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth
Readers transform a library from a mausoleum into many theaters.
Smiling half-reluctance seems to promise more than the frankest gesture of desire.