This absurd, godless world is, then, peopled with men who think clearly and have ceased to hope. And I have not yet spoken of the most absurd character, who is the creator.

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'd have given ten conversations with Einstein for a first meeting with a pretty chorus girl.

An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.

Realism should only be the means of expression of religious genius... or, at the other extreme, the artistic expressions of monkeys which are quite satisfied with mere imitation. In fact, art is never realistic though sometimes it is tempted to be. To be really realistic a description would have to be endless.

what doesn't kill you make you stronger and stronger

But what does it mean, the plague? It's life, that's all.