I was nostalgic even as a young man. Preferred listening to Opera not Bing Crossby.

Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much.

and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.

To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast

Normally writers do not talk much,because they are saving their conversations for the readers of their book- those invisible listeners with whom we wish to strike a sympathetic chord.

It's courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road.

It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape.

Red roses for young lovers. French beans for longstanding relationships

I have come to believe that the best kind of walk, or journey, is the one in which you have no particular destination when you set out.

The more you write, the better you will write! So - keep at it!

But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer.

Marriage is a wonderful invention

The architect and the father of war are covetousness of the leaders and of different interest groups fueling war.

If Liana wanted to fight over Harlow, she was going to lose. Not that I liked him that way. That was to say, I wasn't sure how I felt about Harlow, but it damned sure wasn't up to her to tell me.

Mark it. The success of people may excite you. But the challenges they went through to achieve it will annoy you.

Put personal ambition away from you, and then you will find consolation in living or in dying, whatever may happen to you.

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

Justice is a word that resides in the dictionary. It occasionally makes its escape, but is promptly caught and put back where it belongs.

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

Wow, I'm being shot at from both sides. That means I *must* be right.

Val: Why do you go out there? Sandra: Because dead people give such good advice. Val: What advice do they give? Sandra: Just one word- live!