"And Sometimes I Feel as if I'm Only a Doorman Awaiting the Arrival of her Royal Majesty."
- Carew Papritz
"Read what you like, not what you're told to like. That way you'll read for a lifetime."
"Get someone-anyone-to read books to you. Having books read to you at any age is the supremo ultimato of living."
"Heavy rains and a good book. A perfect extravagance."
"Rain with an umbrella while holding hands with your lover is damned sure nice."
"And I don't care what age you are, kissing in the rain is the best."
"How much better does being alive get then sitting beside a warm fire amidst a misty rainy morning."
"Rain with no shoes is just as much fun as rain with big rubber galoshes."
"Summer, dropping so easily a delicious everything upon your skin and lips. Like a never-ending kiss—taunting, deep, and luscious. The sun. The heat. The thousand echoes of a timelessness before time, ..."
"Money. It fits around your neck like some permanent noose. always waiting for your next misstep."