“An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought.”

“I tell you this, and I tell you plainWhat you have done, you will do againYou will bite your tongue, careful or notUpon the already-bitten spot”

“Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name”

“If you hate your lot but wouldn't trade it, it's not your lot you hate.”

“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times -- always with the same person.”

“You never realize how tacky your furniture is till you try to give it to the Salvation Army and they won't take it.”

“Character is what emerges from all the little things you were too busy to do yesterday, but did anyway.”