Do not scorn little victories.
To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.
Often with good sentiments we produce bad literature.
A work of art is an exaggeration.
"Let the dead bury the dead." There is not a single word of Christ to which the Christian religion has paid less attention.
The reasons that drive me to write are many and the most important are the most secret, I think. Perhaps most of all this: to put something out of death's reach.