Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

Living in a society, instead of on a desert island, does not relieve a man of the responsibility of supporting his own life.

A house can have integrity, just like a person.

It was beautiful and rare, and you have every right to despise me." She stood pressed to the wall, not moving. "When you came in, I thought 'Send her away.' But I knew that if you went away, I'd run after you. I thought 'I won't say a word.' But I knew that you'd know it before you left. I love you. I know you'd think kindlier of me if I said that I hate you.

She knew that she could not have reached this white serenity except as the sum of all the colors, of all the violence she had known.

I am unwilling to be wholly good—and please don't regard me as wholly evil!

Francisco could do anything he undertook, he could do it better than anyone else, and he did it without effort. There was no boasting in his manner and consciousness, no thought of comparison. His attitude was not: 'I can do it better than you,' but simply: 'I can do it.' What he meant by doing was doing superlatively.