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The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
- William Hazlitt

Until death do us part yet in Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.
In the dream we are sitting together after all those years pulling memories and photos together. Indeed, my life with Lauren has been nothing but a dream!
After two decades, exactly today, I know why Lauren loves cooking with wine. Sometimes she even puts it in the food.
On the Saturday when the Sydney Opera House celebrated its birthday, I had an engaging encounter with Lauren in front of the altar.
Christopher was there with his Polish hangover and two golden rings from the discounted counter of the Berkeley International Diamonds.
Speaking as a rough diamond and the black sheep of the Imrich family, I know too well that stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But to watch the polished walk of the Australian Academy of Ballet dancer during the Wedding March is a pure ecstasy.
Some men suggest that all marriages are happy. It's the trying to walk together afterwards that causes all the problems.
While some women swear that before marriage, a man will lay down his life for you; after marriage he won't even lay down his newspaper.
We agree on so many things such as if marriage is your object, you'd better start loving the subject:
Men are from Earthy Central Europe. Women are from Earthy Australia. Deal with it.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of cheques.
Recognise that what goes around, comes around, and that there is nothing new under the sun.
I swear that not every marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering.
Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all trends and indicators it is as perennial as the grass. In some mysterious ways, happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length

Marriage vows in an objectivist church would probably run along the lines of "Do you promise to attempt to dominate and subdue this woman until such time as you grow bored?" "Maybe." "Close enough. And do you promise to applaud this man`s production until such time as you find someone with a bigger ... corporation?" "Whatever." "By the power vested in me by having scammed you guys out of a marriage license fee, I now pronounce you man and appendage. May you be unencumbered by small persons."
-Rob Slade, reviewing Atlas Shrugged

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This past June, when Patricia Worth, and her husband, Gary, who works as a graphic designer, opened River Reader Books in Lexington, Missouri, Patricia left a 16-year career as a contractor to become a full-time bookseller, and, since the new bookstore has a cafe, a barista, too. No sense in learning one new trade when you can learn three or four The Worths Build a Business: River Reader Books

Literature & Art Across Frontiers: Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is
In this blog I have been bitching - some say endlessly - that we need new marketing ideas and ways to attract more readers to more authors.
To that end, I'm starting an experiment. A new blog called Backstory.
Each week a different author will answer the single most common question novelists get from readers is: "Where did you get the idea for your novel?"
In other words, what's the backstory? What are the secrets, the truths, or just the illogical moments that sparked your latest novel?
In the upcoming months all kinds of wonderful authors have agreed to post their backstories including: Katherine Neville, Lee Child, Tess Gerritesen, Chris Mooney, Jason Starr, Robert Ferrigno, Marcia Talley, Gayle Lynds, Laura Lippman, Caroline Leavitt, Lev Rafael, J.A. Konrath, Doug Clegg and more and more.
• MJ Rose of Buzz Balls Hype Think of it like an magazine article that has no end [EL Noel (Lynn) ]
• · Nicholas Clee, Editor of The Bookseller is to leave the position this autumn Farewell
• · · Brain battle provides insight into consumer behavior Why Instant Gratification Wins ; [Professor the 5th Earl (Conrad) Russell observed when I was an undergraduate I think women could afford to say 'no' when they meant 'yes'. Now they can't. The more freedom a woman has, the plainer her sexual signalling has to be.]
• · · · It may be a shocking dilution of academics - or an ingenious way to hook reluctant readers. 'Hamlet' too hard? Try a comic book; [It's a typical story in the murky and dangerous underworld of small, independent publishing: Screwing a book for its cover]
• · · · · Drenka Willen publishes books in translation. Her ability to succeed despite the trends and the odds makes her one of this country's most valued cultural gatekeepers. She writes very concise questions in the margin, and it is done so firmly that even if you erased them, they would still be there Found in Translation ; [Sir Antony Sher, the actor, writer and artist, yesterday launched a bitter critique of the exclusivity of the literary world ; Cold Revenge by Sir Jozef Imrich Is Simon & Schuster up for sale?]
• · · · · · Speech is a ‘powerful ruler’ because, though invisible, it achieves superhuman results Speech can stop people being afraid or sorry; it can promote happiness and increase feelings of pity. [Counting the Errors of My Ways
Quiz: How Spiritual Are You? ]