It's curious the way we get nostalgic for some hoped-for thing that never happened, as if something that never happened were in the past.

There are things I have wanted so long that I would only consent to have them if I could keep wanting them.

Words from the past: "It's a clever idea, Mr. Bell, but don't wire us, we'll wire you.

Optimist: someone who isn't sure whether life is a tragedy or a comedy but is tickled silly just to be in the play.

After years of buying clothes I intend to diet into, I'll say this: the skeleton in my closet has some really nice outfits.

After a lifetime of deep thought, I've decided that life is a distraction, but probably not from anything important.

God sends the dawn that we might see the might-have-beens that still might be.