People are discontent; men are troubled; and the literature is excellent.

He who wants to do everything will never do anything.

There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.

Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.

The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action. Those to whom action comes as easily as breathing rarely feel the need to break loose from the real, to rise above, and describe it... I do not mean that it is enough to be maladjusted to become a great writer, but writing is, for some, a method of resolving a conflict, provided they have the necessary talent.

Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.