To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure. - Katherine Mansfield

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

When we can begin to take our failures nonseriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

This all sounds very strenuous and serious. But now that I have wrestled with it, it's no longer so. I feel happy — deep down. May you be happy too. I'm going to Fontainebleau on Monday and I'll be back here Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. All is well.