In Dire Times You Can Lose Joy,

When We're Interested In Something, Everything Around Us Appears To Refer To It (the Mystics Call These Phenomena "signs," The Sceptics "coincidence," And Psychologists "concentrated Focus," Although I've Yet To Find Out What Term Historians Should Use).

True Love Does Not Consist In Trying To Correct Others, But In Feeling Joy That Things Are Better Than We Expected.

It Took Me 40 Years To Write My First Book.

Never Abandon Your Dreams. Follow The Signs.

But Love Is Much Like A Dam; If You Allow A Tiny Crack To Form Through Which Only A Trickle Of Water Can Pass, That Trickle Will Quickly Bring Down The Whole Structure And Soon No One Will Be Able To Control The Force Of The Current.