I Wish To Cup Knowledge

Each Of Us Has Been Designed For One Of Two Immortal Functions, As Either A Storyteller Or As A Cross-legged Listener To Tales Of Wonder, Love, And Daring. When We Cease To Tell Or Listen, Then We No Longer Exist As A People.

I Was Born Illegitimately And Almost Immediately, As I Understand It, Placed In An Orphanage. So My Very Earliest Memories Were In An Orphanage. It Was The Tag End Of The Great Depression When I Was Born. People Were Desperately Poor.

One Thing Is Certain In Life. Just When Things Are Going Well, Soon Afterward They Are Certain To Go Wrong. It's Just The Way Things Are Meant To Be.

It Is Better Just To Get On With The Business Of Living And Minding Your Own Business And Maybe, If God Likes The Way You Do Things, He May Just Let You Flower For A Day Or A Night. But Don't Go Pestering And Begging And Telling Him All Your Stupid Little Sins, That Way You Will Spoil His Day.

Small Can Beat Big, But You Must Have A Plan.