“My heart is small, like a love of buttons or black pepper.”

“I might walk vast expansesof earth and always be beginningand I love beginningor could learnto love it.”

“God have pity on the smell of gasolinewhich finds its way like an armthrough a car window,more human than kerosene,more unctuous, more manly.”

“For a moment the radio wavered between stationsand I was so busymaking myself marvelous.”

“What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head and my heart at the same time.”

“My heart is, and always will be, yours.”

“He had an affectionate heart.  He must love somebody.”