“I looked up fairness in the dictionary and it was not there.”

“We know by intuition and study that great books approach a condition both above and below human what Lesser means by grandeur and intimacy and our job is to place ourselves somewhere on the conti...”

“For a time I hovered in that peaceful dreamland where nothing at all works properly but everything is okay.”

“Insecure or homicidal: the adjectives don't bother me one bit.”

“Be sweet to one another. Stay in this beauty and brawl against the world's power of pulling apart. Recall Old Testament terminology: covenant, sacred, sacrifice. And mind always that Adam wasn’t a ...”

“Most writers deserve the reputation posterity has bestowed upon them: You can’t for long conceal the toxic spots on your character—Philip Larkin is Exhibit A—nor can you conceal your dignity, your ...”

“Immodest creature, you do not want a woman who will accept your faults, you want the one who pretends you are faultless one who will caress the hand that strikes her and kiss the lips that lie to”

“Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.”

“Check yourself often and correct your faults. Quit blaming others. Take responsibility for your own life. That's the only way you can grow!”

“It seemed inequitable at best that one could and did gain a reputation for things that left one both physically and emotionally unsatisfied.”

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.”

“You will fall to ruin because you believe that exceptions to the rule make new rules. That an evil man can shed the trappings of wickedness because you want him to. Men do not Change... Learn the l...”