Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.

Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you.

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

When I was a child... I was watching a snowstorm, and hopefully asked, 'Momma, do we believe in winter?'

The hard part is, of course, the proximity of death. The number has no meaning as long as you're fit and healthy. But you know that you only have so much time left and you don't know how much it is. It could be a very short time.