What is love but acceptance of the other, whatever he is.

Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.

The man who was once starved may revenge himself upon the world not by stealing just once, or by stealing only what he needs, but by taking from the world an endless toll in payment of something irreplaceable, which is the lost faith.

The same chemicals were used in the cooking as were used on the composition of her own being: only those which caused the most violent reaction, contradiction, and teasing, the refusal to answer questions but the love of putting them, and all the strong spices of human relationship which bore a relation to black pepper, paprika, soybean sauce, ketchup and red peppers.

The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it early.

Nowhere is inhumanity more revealed than in hospitals.

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation, that there is a choice to be made, a selection of elements.