Time can be such a menace to a man. By this age do that; by that age do better.

Children love to be alone because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream.

What is the difference between grief and mourning? Mourning has company.

My guess [is] . . . that the great majority of Americans are saying they favor gun control when they really mean gun banishment. . . . I think the country has long been ready to restrict the use of guns, except for hunting rifles and shotguns, and now I think we're prepared to get rid of the damned things entirely - the handguns, the semis and the automatics.

The only reason I wanted 'Making Toast' as the title is that it is a simple gesture of moving on. Every morning there's the bread and you make the toast and you start the day.

Friends are lights in winter; the older the friend, the brighter the light.

The God worth worshipping is the one who pays us the compliment of self - regulation, and we might return it by minding our own business.