Onward ever, backward never. - P191
They nodded when the baker began to speak of loneliness, and of the sense of doubt and limitation that had come to him in his middle years. - P83
They talked on into the early morning, the high, pale cast of light in the windows, and they did not think of leaving. - P84
What rival male has dared to bugle a mating call on my turf? - P188
The cynical interpretation would be "This is unequivocal evidence that the world is a place of deep unfairness." - P192
Mind you, hard work guarantees nothing in realms of creativity. (Nothing guarantees anything in realms of creativity.) - P183
Do what you love to do, and do it with both seriousness and lightness. - P183
But creative living can be an amazing vocation, if you have the love and courage and persistence to see it that way. - P185
I would not trade a minute of that encounter for anything. - P181
That is the Song of the Disciplined Half-Ass. - P181