The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking. - Christopher Morley

I went to the theatre with the author of a successful play. He insisted on explaining everything. He told me what to watch, the details of the direction, the errors of the property man, the foibles of the star. He anticipated all of my surprises and ruined the evening. Never again! And mark you, the greatest author of all made no such mistake.

Night, I have discovered, has a faintly bitter taste, caused by its large ingredient of Un-attained Possibility.

It's a good thing to turn your mind upside down now and then, like an hour-glass, to let the particles run the other way.