I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight.

The reason I tried to hide it was (because) I was supposed to be home kissing my girlfriend. She said that was one of her favorite pictures.

Never mistake motion for action.

If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.