In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire.
We have to call it "freedom": who'd want to die for "a lesser tyranny"
Neurotics would like to sleep all the time, and to be awakened only when there is good news.
Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something.
Theatre audiences can't be made to think and cry: at best, they can be made to think and laugh, or to feel and cry.
Beauty often fades, but seldom so swiftly as the joy it gives us.