But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness and giving in.

A woman unsatisfied must have luxuries. But a woman who loves a man would sleep on a board

You live by what you thrill to, and there's the end of it.

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all, the science of daily life, the science of behavior, we are complete ignoramuses. We have psychology instead.

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself

Now the only decent way to get something done is to get it done by somebody who quite likes doing it.

Life is beautiful, as long as it consumes you. When it is rushing through you, destroying you, life is gorgeous, glorious. It's when you burn a slow fire and save fuel, that life's not worth having.