"The diary ... is the unfathomable document of a life never lived, the book of a life in whose time everything that we…"

"DIARY, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to himself without blushing."

"Diaries have been a rich source of material for me. Not the events recorded in such journals, but the mental attitude…"

"If your journal consists of the best moments of your life and reading, then rereading it will be like walking a high …"

"The longer I live, the more urgent it seems to me to endure and transcribe the whole dictation of existence up to its…"

"When events and circumstances which have influenced us pass away in the course of time, we are unable to bring back a…"

"When Boswell confessed to Johnson that he feared some things he was entering in his journal were too small, the latte…"

"If you enjoy watching birds, you stand in good company. There are, in the estimate of the National Survey on Recreati…"

"Birds become more and more fascinating, not less, the more you watch them."

"It is a fun exercise among s to try to pinpoint a childhood moment when they deviated from the path of “ordinary” peo…"