I can conceive of 'falling in love' over and over again. But 'marriage,' this richness of life itself, I cannot conceive of having again - or with anyone else. In this sense 'marriage' seems to me indissoluble.

people talk about 'sex' as though it hopped about by itself, like a frog!

What a crippling art writing is, no body to it, no craft, really. It's all in the mind and you never see it or feel it -- only sometimes hear it. It uses only such a small part of man. I wish I were a sculptor.

The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere. That is why so much of social life is exhausting; one is wearing a mask. I have shed my mask.

the final lesson of learning to be independent - widowhood ... is the hardest lesson of all.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

Yesterday's fairy tale is today's fact. The magician is only one step ahead of his audience.