there is only one unpardonable sin--deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.

Dizzy with excitement is no mere phrase.

The true beloveds of this world are in their lover's eyes lilacs opening, ship lights, school bells, a landscape, remembered conversations, friends, a child's Sunday, lost voices, one's favorite suit, autumn and all seasons, memory, yes, it being the earth and water of existence, memory.

I think to be a good teacher you need an enormous amount of patience and I'm a very impatient person.

Gasping for breath, the body still battling for life.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.