The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.

She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live

I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

What can we make of the inexpressible joy of children? It is a kind of gratitude.

Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you.

Your silence will not protect you

Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.

It is not enough to succeed; others must fail.

You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family.

The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

I do not care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.

I understand reversal of fortune; that usually has come through my own hand, but you know, you live life on life's terms.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.