I Made A Startling Discovery.

Whenever I Saw Her, I Felt Like I Had Been Living In Another Country, Doing Moderately Well In Another Language, And Then She Showed Up Speaking English And Suddenly I Could Speak With All The Complexity And Nuance That I Hadn't Realized Was Gone. With Lucy I Was A Native Speaker.

No Matter How Much We Love A Book, The Experience Of Reading It Isn't Complete Until We Can Give It To Someone Who Will Love It As Much As We Do

But We Cannot Unbraid The Story Of Another Person’s Life And Take Out All The Parts That Don’t Suit Our Purposes And Put Forth Only The Ones That Do.

From My Table Inside I Watch The Glamorous Women Outside Who Are Lunching On Spa Cobb Salads Without Blue Cheese Or Dressing. The Man With The Bread Basket Wanders From Table To Table, Lonesome As A Cloud. When He Comes To Me His Basket Is Full And Perfectly Arranged. He Gives Me A Smile Of Sincere Pleasure When I Tell Him I Will Take Both The Sourdough Roll And The Cheese Stick.

You Can't Spend Your Whole Life In Front Of A Screen.