Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized.

I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing is more of an accomplishment.

When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well.

But Carroll's were more convoluted, and they struck me as funny in a new way: 1) Babies are illogical. 2) Nobody is despised who can manage a crocodile. 3) Illogical persons are despised. Therefore, babies cannot manage crocodiles. And: 1) No interesting poems are unpopular among people of real taste. 2) No modern poetry is free from affectation. 3) All of your poems are on the subject of soap bubbles. 4) No affected poetry is popular among people of taste. 5) Only a modern poem would be on the subject of soap bubbles. Therefore, all your poems are uninteresting.

I'm always looking for something to engage my imagination and take me on a little mental voyage. I just want a new topic in my life.