Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others.

Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners; and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder.

(Clothes) cannot change a man's nature. He's either kind or he isn't, with or without clothes.

I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.

You could not pity anything if you weren't a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention.

In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams.

We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.