It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and sensless hope that just this time we will be…

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Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.

Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.

I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read.

I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read.

Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in...

Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in...

One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at...

One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at...

It's always fun to walk down the street with or behind a really beautiful woman,...

It's always fun to walk down the street with or behind a really beautiful woman,...

The Wilmington, Delaware, television station that bills itself as The Family Minded Station is Channel...

The Wilmington, Delaware, television station that bills itself as The Family Minded Station is Channel...

Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.

Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.

I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will...

I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will...

May this house stand until an ant drinks the ocean and a tortoise circles the...

May this house stand until an ant drinks the ocean and a tortoise circles the...

I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the...

I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the...

For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.

For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.

Why do people always gesture with their hands when they talk on the phone?

Why do people always gesture with their hands when they talk on the phone?

Old people are often impatient, but for what?

Old people are often impatient, but for what?

I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an...

I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an...

Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything...

Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything...

Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as...

Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as...

When I was in college, I was the editor of the literary magazine and insisted...

When I was in college, I was the editor of the literary magazine and insisted...

I find you write with one person in mind. Usually for me that one person...

I find you write with one person in mind. Usually for me that one person...

Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's...

Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's...

I feel like a cliche.

I feel like a cliche.