“The only failure is not knowing how to be happy."---My Story”
“I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories. ”
“That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
“The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment.”
“I would figure out, later, how to explain to my boss that, for me, Delia will never be a story, but a happy ending. ”
“The Story of Solomon is the only way I know how to explain.And then, in smaller letters:Forgive me.”