As for charity it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned and the ultimate consequence to the general good are apt to be at complete war with one another.
All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society...
It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil not the strength to choose...
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil not the strength to choose between...
Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are...
Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.
When I remember my family I always remember their backs. They were always...
The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and...
For me a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of...
I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it...
