Lucky is the man who does not secretly believe that every possibility is open to him.

Peace is only better than war when it's not hell too. War being hell makes sense.

Where there is chance of gain, there is also chance of loss. Whenever one courts great happiness, one also risks malaise.

This Midwestern sky is the nakedest loneliest sky in America. To escape it, people live inside and underground.

It is not a bad thing to settle for the Little Way, not the big search for the big happiness but the sad little happiness of drinks and kisses, a good little car and a warm deep thigh.

We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their face away.

I like to eat crawfish and drink beer. That's despair?