Oh to be a pear tree – any tree in bloom! With kissing bees singing of the beginning of the world!

Every morning the world flung itself over and exposed the town to the sun.

I wish I could buy you for what you are really worth and sell you for what you think you're worth. I sure would make money on the deal.

Everybody is two beings: one lives and flourishes in the daylight and stands guard. The other being walks and howls at night.

I have known the joy and pain of friendship. I have served and been served. I have made some good enemies for which I am not a bit sorry. I have loved unselfishly, and I have fondled hatred with the red-hot tongs of Hell. That's living.

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.

My head was full of misty fumes of doubt.