Today's Shocks Are Tomorrow's Conventions.

A Dog Is The Only Exercise Machine You Cannot Decide To Skip When You Don't Feel Like It.

It's Hard To Be Happy, And Safe, And Applauded In A Miserable World.

A Literary Academic Can No More Pass A Bookstore Than An Alcoholic Can Pass A Bar.

Odd, The Years It Took To Learn One Simple Fact: That The Prize Just Ahead, The Next Job, Publication, Love Affair, Marriage Always Seemed To Hold The Key To Satisfaction But Never, In The Longer Run, Sufficed.

One Sank Into The Ancient Sin Of Anomie When Challenges Failed.