I wish there could be an international peace conference of booksellers, for (you will smile at this) my own conviction is that the future happiness of the world depends in no small measure on them and on the librarians.

From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with my eyes, and I mean to make the best of my chance.

One of the penalties of being a human being is other human beings.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.

The most interesting persons are always those who have nothing special to do: children, nurses, policemen and actors at 11 o'clock in the morning.

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.

Friendships do not grow up in any carefully tended and contemplated fashion.... They begin haphazard.