When you’re young, you wish for things in the future, but when you grow old … you wish for things from the past.

The narrator finds that as a maturing character grows in stature before her friends that she sees less stature while evaluating herself.

Get your 'MENTAL' weight up, it stays FOREVER, money has no staying power!

He had the beginning of wrinkles and the easy manner of one who has already made his mistakes.

On Tony Gwynn: it was a wonder that such an exuberant man could be so patient.

College was to teach me that I was one of life's journeymen, eager to excel but lacking the requisite gifts.

Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.

It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood.

Pretending”,' she looked at the garden, 'is not the truth.''But you said two true things, right ? One, you hate this girl. Two, you want her to feel better. If you decide that the wanting truth's more important than the hating truth, just tell her you've forgiven her, even if you haven't. At least she'd feel better. Maybe that'd make you feel better too.'Madame Crommelynck studied her hands, moodily, both sides. 'Sophistry', she pronounced. I'm not sure what 'sophistry' means so I kept shtum.

Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.