"There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons-- That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes--"

"I dwell in possiblities."

"That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet."

"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else."

"I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven."

"They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse."

"I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human with the soul of a clown, which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments."

"On Thanksgiving Day all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment - halftime."

"The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity."

"Simple pleasures are the last refuge of the complex."

"The cowards never start and the weak die along the way."

"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy which sustained him through temporary periods of joy."