Secret of life is to go through something harrowing that doesn't kill you...and to love one woman for the rest of your life.
The great unrequited love tears open your heart to the beauty of the world, its small rivers and upland meadows. It also makes you kinder to the next hundred thousand persons who cross your path.
A romp in the hay lingers like the first line of a song, but your true love is the one you make a life with and write more than a line about, you write a whole book.
Marriage, friends, is a lifelong feast; love is no light lunch.
Your life is a work of art, and in the end, the underlying theme of great art is bravery and hope and love.
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.