It is immoral not to tell.

The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it. But happiness likewise, in its way, is without reason, since it is inevitable.

One must place one's principles in big things. For the small, graciousness will suffice.

Healthy people have a natural skill of avoiding feverish eyes.

We do not know how to eliminate evil, but we do know how to feed some of the hungry and heal some of the infirmed.

I always found misogyny vulgar and stupid, and I found almost all the women I have known to be my betters. However, placing them so high, I used them more often than I served them. How does one make sense of this?

We [writers] must know that we can never escape the common misery and that our only justification, if indeed there is a justification, is to speak up, insofar as we can, for those who cannot do so.