Age does not always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone. — Garrison Keillor. American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality (born 1942) Age, Wisdom
Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.
Writers are vaccuum cleaners who suck up other people's lives and weave them into stories like a sparrow builds a nest from scraps.
To choose Norm Coleman over Walter Mondale is like going to a great steakhouse and ordering the tuna sandwich.