True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.

An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought.

We waste a lot of time running after people we could have caught by just standing still.

Tragedy isn't getting something, or failing to get it; it's losing something you already have.

Neurotics dream of a good life, or a great suicide note.

As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it.

What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.