Even feigning surprise, pretending it was unexpected and saying a ritual thanks, is surely wiser than just expecting everything so carelessly.

Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing.

This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market.

I asked Elsie how much food they needed from outside the community. 'Flour and sugar, ' she said, and then thought a bit. 'Sometimes we'll buy pretzels as a spl

In the end, we always regret the life we failed to live.

There's this magical place, ' he says with mock solemnity, 'called a library--I don't know if you've heard of it, but they have books, and also newspaper, and back issues of newspapers...

Those without passion are often passed and shunned.

I've never wanted a heart as much as I want yours.

Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.

I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world.

We're supposed to lose our friends to time, at an age when we're ready to agree to the terms of having lived a long life. Not now.

In our entrancement with the motorcar, we have forgotten how much more efficient and how much more flexible the footwalker is.

Commerce is against morality. Morality is going to lose every time.

And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever.