The past is strapped to our backs. We do not have to see it; we can always feel it.

The fault we admit to is seldom the fault we have, but it has a certain relationship to it, a somewhat similar shape, like that of a sleeve to an arm.

Anything you do from the heart enriches you, but sometimes not till years later.

Your children vividly remember every unkind thing you ever did to them, plus a few you really didn't.

It's hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live?

Learn a little of anything, and you're ready to proselytize.

Each day, the American housewife turns toward television as toward a lover. She feels guilty about it, and well she might, for he's covered with warts and is only after her money.