... millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Someone has somewhere commented on the fact that millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

He talked with more claret than clarity

Boredom comes simply from ignorance and lack of imagination.

All dogs seem to be great linguists, according to their owners. They always understand every word that's said to them.

One's own troubles can be borne with fortitude; only a monster of indifference can bear the sufferings of others with fortitude.

Crises have a way of thrusting into the limelight hitherto obscure persons, and giving them, for a long or short period, a leading role.

The novelists of the nineteeth century had all the luck. They had a huge and easily pleased public and the world they surveyed had every appearance of permanence.

It was never built for the comfort and happiness of its citizens, but to astonish the world.

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Love is in your heart.

And while Luce dreamed below of the most glorious wings unfurling-the likes of which she'd never seen before-two angels in the rafters shook hands.

Turn your sparring into play - but always play seriously.

Consider the possibility that I made a mistake I regret-and that I'll continue to regret that mistake and try to convince you to give me another chance until the earth stops turning.

When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins.

But parents, she supposed, were not the pinnacle of perfection their children thought or expected them to be. They were humans who usually did the best they could but often made the wrong choices.

Women have come a long way, but it never fails to sadden me when I see younger women saying we have to overcome some obstacles.

I grew up Mormon. I wasn't really Mormon, my parents were.

There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.

And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.