Necessary, forever necessary, to burn out false shames and smelt the heaviest ore of the body into purity.

She knew that the horse, born to serve nobly, had waited in vain for someone noble to serve. His spirit knew that nobility had gone out of men.

I like to write when I feel spiteful; it's like having a good sneeze.

The world fears a new experience more than it fears anything. Because a new experience displaces so many old experiences. . . . The world doesn't fear a new idea. It can pigeon-hole any idea. But it can't pigeon-hole a real new experience.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

If only we could live two lives: the first in which to make one's mistakes, and the second in which to profit by them.

Tragedy ought really to be a great kick at misery.