Almanac: William Maxwell on personal memory

“Lately I have had the feeling that I have my whole life to consider and enjoy, especially the periods that were especially nice and that when I was younger I might have regretted because they didn’t go on longer. Now I think, Wasn’t that nice, Wasn’t I lucky.”

William Maxwell, letter to Eudora Welty, Dec. 19, 1993 (courtesy of Anecdotal Evidence)