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" Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness. "

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" No chaos, no creation. Evidence: the kitchen at mealtime. "

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Disappointments

" The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's. "

" Listening to people keeps them entertained. "

" Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over. "

" Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it. "

" Even boredom has its crises. "

" Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children. "

" I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy. "

" When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion. "

" City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life. "

" Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are. "

" The time I kill is killing me. "

" Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder. "

Procrastination

" Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean. "

" Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts. "

" Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy. "

" To understand a literary style, consider what it omits. "

" Good parties create a temporary youthfulness. "

" Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth. "

" If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire. "

" Money: power at its most liquid. "