When we really want to go for something better, we shall smash the old. Until then, any sort of proposal, or making proposals, is no more than a tiresome game for self-important people.

Poe tried alcohol, and any drug he could lay his hands on. He also tried any human being he could lay his hands on.

Their whole life depends on spending money, and now they’ve got none to spend. That’s our civilization and our education: bring up the masses to depend entirely on spending money, and then the money gives out.

If only I am keen and hard like the sheer tip of a wedge Driven by invisible blows, The rock will split, we shall come at the wonder, we shall find the Hesperides.

It grew late. Through the open door, stealthily, came the scent of madonna lilies, almost as if it were prowling abroad.

In every great novel, who is the hero all the time? Not any of the characters, but some unnamed and nameless flame behind them all.

Any inhibition must be wrong, since inevitably in the end it causes neurosis and insanity.