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I don't care so much about what you can stand or what you can manage as I do about what you like and want to have. Those are the kinds of things I wan...more

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Read sometimes for the story, Bobby. Don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words - the language. Don't be like the pl...more

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Several times we had been very close to "it," but "it" just never quite happened. She always drew back, and I never pressed her. God help me, I was be...more

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...it was another year or two before I discovered that drat and draft were different words. During that same period I remember believing that details ...more