A writer is an organism that will go on writing even after its heart has been cut out.

I balked at nothing, I was above nothing. Everything had something to teach me.

[I]t is dangerous for a bride to be apologetic about her husband.

If you're going to get old, you might as well get as old as you can get.

We are fossils in the making.

It is somethingit can be everything-to have found a fellow bird with whom you can sit among the rafters while the drinking and boasting and reciting and fighting go on below.

Have a chance to create a society to match its scenery.