Some Truthful Smiles to Begin the Week . . .

"Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."
-- Flannery O'Connor

"There it was, hidden in alphabetical order."
-- Rita Holt

"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."
-- Abba Eban

"Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing."
-- Robert Benchley