you'd like the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That must be the most futile oath anyone ever swears.

It is always easy to question the judgement of others in matters of which we may be imperfectly informed.

No literary form is more revealing, more spontaneous or more individual than a letter.

Ambition, if it were to be savored, let alone achieved, had to be rooted in possibility.

read widely, not in order to copy someone else's style, but to learn to appreciate and recognize good writing and to see how the best writers have achieved their result. Poor writing is, unfortunately, infectious and should be avoided.

Perfect love may cast our fear, but fear is remarkably potent in casting out love.

Perhaps it's only when people are dead that we can safely show how much we cared about them. We know that it's too late then for them to do anything about it.