Robert Browning

Oh, the little more, and how much it is! And the little less, and what worlds away.

Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

One emphasis of my research has been on the question of how people spend their time. Time is the ultimate finite resource, or course, so the question of how people spend it would seem to be important.

The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.