The Past Is Never Where You Think

Writing, In Any Sense That Matters, Cannot Be Taught. It Can Only Be Learned By Each Separate One Of Us In His Own Way, By The Use Of His Own Powers Of Imagination And Perception, The Ability To Learn The Lessons He Has Set For Himself.

We Do Not Run From The Troubles And Dangers That Are Truly Ours, And It Is Better To Learn What They Are Earlier Than Later, And If We Don't Run From The Others, We Are Fools.

[marriage] Is The Merciless Revealer, The Great White Searchlight Turned On The Darkest Places Of Human Nature.

Adventure Is Something You Seek For Pleasure, Or Even For Profit, Like A Gold Rush Or Invading A Country;...but Experience Is What Really Happens To You In The Long Run; The Truth That Finally Overtakes You.

They Had Both Noticed That A Life Of Dissipation Sometimes Gave To A Face The Look Of Gaunt Suffering Spirituality That A Life Of Asceticism Was Supposed To Give And Quite Often Did Not.