As I Walked Briskly Out

My Father Was In The Coal Business In West Virginia. Both Dad And Mother Were, However, Originally From Massachusetts; New England, To Them, Meant The Place To Go If You Really Wanted An Education.

Peace Is Indivisible, And The Surrounding World Confusion Found No Reflection Inside Me.

Never Say You Are Five Feet Nine When You Are Five Feet Eight And A Half" Was The First One I Encountered. Another Was, "always Say Some Prayers At Night Because It Might Turn Out That There Is A God.

I Knew That Part Of Friendship Consisted In Accepting A Friend’s Shortcomings, Which Sometimes Included His Parents.

The Summer Of 1943 At Exeter Was As Happy A Time As I Ever Had In My Life.