I finally was ready to assume the risk of publicly presenting the things I had to bring my fellowmen. I truly found this anything but easy. Indeed, I had to struggle with considerable obstacles within my nature before I willingly could shoulder the burdensome responsibility which, in my opinion, everyone must bear who will put any sentence he has written into print for all the world to read.

[If no one wants to seriously take my theory that working in the booth maybe hurting his career on the mound, so be it. But if there's a major league hitter out there who might be scouting Leiter off what he says on tube,] let us know, ... We'd like to interview him.

After Carol had left, as Symons threw away a pile of used tissues and rearranged the cushions on the couch, he remarked that the most common and unhelpful illusion plaguing those who came to see him [as a career counselor] was the idea that they ought somehow, in the normal course of events, to have intuited--long before they had finished their degrees, started families, bought houses and risen to the top of law firms--what they should properly be doing with their lives. They were tormented by a residual notion of having through some error or stupidity on their part missed out on their true 'calling.

The mystery of the written word;It bequeaths a different meaning every blessed day.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

...what I'm getting at is like the distinction between tourist and a traveler. The tourist experience is superficial and glancing. The traveler develops a deeper connection with her surroundings. She is more invested in them -- the traveler stays longer, makes her own plans, chooses her own destination, and usually travels alone: solo travel and solo participation, although the most difficult emotionally, seem the most likely to produce a good story.