Right Over

We are not the same person this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

You look ridiculous if you dance. You look ridiculous if you don’t dance. So you might as well dance.

For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are that you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.

You start to blame yourself for not being able to settle for a regular good guy…[But,] sitting through a two-hour meal with someone who is boring the shit out of you is not a better alternative to being alone.