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"When you write your memoirs, you write what you remember, but as the years go by, I feel I am remembering less and less."

"When you add it all up, I really am lucky." (Fragment, early draft)

"In August 1997, my son David and I traveled to Eastern Romania and Kishinev in Moldova."

"When did I realize that Fran is 'fragile,' a word that I learned from her." (Fragment)

"(I tend to begin most of these pieces with 'When.' When I was… When in the course… So here we go again.)"
(Fragment)

"Perhaps a more appropriate title would be Money and Trouble; subtitled My Attitude About Money Has Been the Cause of Most of My Troubles with My Wives."
(Fragment, see also: "Money" [2012])

"As I begin to write still another piece that will eventually make up 'My Story,' a disturbing thought occurred to me: I began my life and I am ending my life in the company of two women who are surprisingly similar in many ways."

"Greeting cards have always had a special significance in my life."

"What I have been writing is primarily for my children, so including pieces about my children seems superfluous."

"I have known Alex Roth for more than 75 years, since the mid 30s."