It is one of life's laws that as soon as one door closes another opens. But the tragedy is we look at the closed door and disregard the open one.

Often with good sentiments we produce bad literature.

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.

Only fools don't contradict themselves

Obsessions of the Orient, of the desert, of its ardor and its emptiness, of the shadows of palm gardens, of the garments white and wide - obsessions where the senses go berserk, where nerves are exasperated, and which made me, at the onset of each night, believe sleep impossible.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.