A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever.

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then.

I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends.

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.

Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.