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

American individualism, much celebrated and cherished, has developed without its essential corrective, which is belonging.

Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers.

You can't retire to weakness -- you've got to learn to control strength.

No life goes past so swiftly as an eventless one, no clock spins like a clock whose days are all alike.

it is an easy mistake to think that non-talkers are non-feelers.

That is all the National Parks are about. Use, but do no harm.