We prefer to think that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be merely that the utterer has forgotten its source.

One newspaper a day ought to be enough for anyone who still prefers to retain a little mental balance.

Science fiction is a kind of archaeology of the future.

A man who is careful with his palate is not likely to be careless with his paragraphs.

Seriously, I do not know what to say of this book [ Absalom, Absalom!] except that it seem to point to the final blowup of what was once a remarkable, if minor, talent… this is a penny dreadful tricked up in fancy language and given a specious depth by the expert manipulation of a series of eccentric technical tricks. The characters have no magnitude and no meaning because they have no more reality than a mince-pie nightmare.

The only reason for being young is to outgrow it.

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.