No matter how many Christmas presents you give your child, there's always that terrible moment when he's opened the very last one. That's when he expects you to say, 'Oh yes, I almost forgot,' and take him out and show him the pony.

Women flirt to keep their stock high, men to get somewhere.

The best work is done with the heart breaking, or overflowing.

Acedia is not in every dictionary; just in every heart.

Neurotics always feel as though they were going way up or way down, which is odd in people going sideways.

Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.

Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.