The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.

The past,' he thought, 'is linked with the present by an unbroken chain of events flowing one out of another.' And it seemed to him that he had just seen both ends of that chain; that when he touched one end the other quivered.

In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because--I don't know why.

Ah, Caviar! I keep on eating it, but can never get my fill. Like olives. It's a lucky thing it's not salty.

I think that it would be less difficult to live eternally than to be deprived of sleep throughout life.

Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.

The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can't return even if it wants to.