Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly.
The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference.
Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He'd rather not sign His own name.
Unhappiness does make people look stupid.
There is a certain impertinence in allowing oneself to be burned for an opinion.
I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.