Screw sharks a Transformer could be stretching up on its tippy toes and would still have a mile of cover to eat me.

... keeping her wild-honey-and-chamomile-soaked hair from falling into her oatmeal-and-yogurt face mask

Henry Cabot Lodge was like medicine, good for you, but hard to take. – Teddy White

An ‘usband should be plain enough to sit at his settle, and simple-minded enough to accept the stew on his plate, rather than looking round ev’ry corner for a more succulent chop, ’ declares Elsie.

You can't really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself.

I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.

I try not to deprive myself of anything. I don't do the low-carb thing or anything like that.

In order not to feel time's horrid fardel bruise your shoulders, grinding you into the earth, get drunk and stay that way. On what? On wine, poetry, virtue, whatever. But get drunk!

At present our only true names are nicknames.

At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.

I'm self-opinionated and I have a sense of self.

Always remember to forget the things that made you sad, but never forget to remember the things that made you glad.