I have every sympathy with the American who was so horrified by what he had read of the effects of smoking that he gave up reading.

There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.

His kisses tapped into deep mines of memory, and the years that had separated us fell away as if they were nothing.

I am not the potter, nor the potter's wheel, but the potter's clay, does it depend on the value achieved intrinsic as much as the value of the clay as the wheel and master craftsmanship?

The plural of spouse is spice.

Growing up with three boys in a heavily male-dominated world, I especially needed to express myself as a woman.

When the heart grows weary, all things seem dreary; When the burden grows heavy, the way seems long. Thank God for sending kind death as an ending, Like a grand Amen to a minor song.

I think I would never be ready to do a regular job. I couldn’t go to the office every day at the same hour. I love my life. This freedom.

I don't get 'shark' - but who cares!

Part of why I love Greek food so much is that it is simple, but it's unpretentious. It's authentic.

. . . nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death To throw away the dearest thing he owed, As 'twere a careless trifle.