I miss you even more than I could have believed; and I was prepared to miss you a good deal.

I cannot abide the Mr. and Mrs. Noah attitude towards marriage; the animals went in two by two, forever stuck together with glue.

I cannot bear that you / Should think me faithful, when I am untrue.

however many resolutions one makes, one's pen, like water, always finds its own level, and one can't write in any way other than one's own.

The public, as a whole, finds reassurance in longevity, and, after the necessary interlude of reaction, is disposed to recognize extreme old age as a sign of excellence. The long-liver has triumphed over at least one of man's initial handicaps: the brevity of life.

Days I enjoy are days when nothing happens, When I have no engagements written on my block, When no one comes to disturb my inward peace, When no one comes to take me away from myself And turn me into a patchwork, a jig-saw puzzle, A broken mirror that once gave a whole reflection, Being so contrived that it takes too long a time To get myself back to myself when they have gone.

Nothing shows up the difference between the things said or read, so much as the daily experience of it.