If Loneliness Is The Disease,

When You Are Sixteen You Do Not Know What Your Parents Know, Or Much Of What They Understand, And Less Of What's In Their Hearts. This Can Save You From Becoming An Adult Too Early, Save Your Life From Becoming Only Theirs Lived Over Again--which Is A Loss. But To Shield Yourself--as I Didn't Do--seems To Be An Even Greater Error, Since What's Lost Is The Truth Of Your Parents' Life And What You Should Think About It, And Beyond That, How You Should Estimate The World You Are About To Live In.

I Wouldn't Be A Very Good Writer If Someone Hadn't Taught Me How To Read.

You Can't Always Go To The Well And Have Things Be Funny.

If You Lose All Hope, You Can Always Find It Again.

When People Realize They Are Being Listened To, They Tell You Things.