“Failures of nerve and energy are not permitted. That's what it means to be an object.”

“Everywhere the poems open.”

“Failure is not falling down, it is not getting up again”

“Growth comes in the aftermath of failure, not wild success.”

“I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight.”

“He wished he understood women better. It was a well-known fact that they did not mean half of what they said.But which half did they mean?”

“Meaning 'by way of the anus'. 'Per Annum', with two n's, means 'yearly'. The correct answer to the question, 'What is the birthrate per anum?' is zero (one hopes).”