I Know That There Are People Out

I Have Seven Step-siblings From My Mother's Second And Third Marriages. My Degree Of Closeness To My Step-siblings Varies Among The Seven But I Have A Great Sense Of Loyalty To All Of Them, Especially The Four From My Childhood. If Those People Needed My Help I Would Be There For Them.

Reading Is A Private Act, Private Even From The Person Who Wrote The Book. Once The Novel Is Out There, The Author Is Beside The Point. The Reader And The Book Have Their Own Relationship Now, And Should Be Left Alone To Work Things Out For Themselves.

There Can Be Something Cruel About People Who Have Had Good Fortune. They Equate It With Personal Goodness.

I Was Always On Time, I Did My Work To Exact Specifications, I Spoke When Spoken To.

It Was Never The Right Time Or It Was Always The Right Time, Depending On How You Looked At It.