God cannot be solemn, or he would not have blessed man with the incalculable gift of laughter.

Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

Nobody can misunderstand a child as much as his own parents.

Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a "necessary evil", it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil.

Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.

Norbert Blei is a writer the way people used to be troubadours and minstrels, celebrating what he has seen and heart and felt in a deceptively simple style reminiscent of the early Sherwood Anderson. . . . Like Anderson, he is a lover, and his affection invests his writing with a singular charm.