Death and taxes and childbirth. There's never any convenient time for any of them.

Death and taxes and childbirth. There's never any convenient time for any of them.

Life is a handful of short stories, pretending to be a novel.

Life is a handful of short stories, pretending to be a novel.

Life is made up of interruptions.

Life is made up of interruptions.

You've got to keep fighting -- you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

You've got to keep fighting -- you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for read more

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of
the field; and sometimes, if read more

There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of
the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up
for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period
of barrenness.