For what human ill does dawn not seem to be alternative?

That's the advantage of having lived sixty-five years. You don't feel the need to be impatient any longer.

There is one regard in which bullies show real perception when compared with their victims; it is their silent good-natured pleasure of the moment.

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

I didn't marry you because you were perfect. I didn't even marry you because I loved you. I married you because you gave me a promise. That promise made up for your faults. And the promise I gave you made up for mine. Two imperfect people got married and it was the promise that made the marriage. And when our children were growing up, it wasn't a house that protected them; and it wasn't our love that protected them--it was that promise.

I want you to try and remember what it was like to have been very young. And particularly the days when you were first in love; when you were like a person sleepwalking, and you didn’t quite see the street you were in, and didn’t quite hear everything that was said to you. You’re just a little bit crazy. Will you remember that, please?

A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference. It pardons shortcomings, it consoles failure.