And every true artist is the salvation of every other. But only artists produce for each other the world that is fit to live in.

Never set a child afloat on the flat sea of life with only one sail to catch the wind.

I am part of the sun as my eye is part of me. That I am part of the earth my feet know perfectly, and my blood is part of the sea. My soul knows that I am part of the human race, my soul is an organic part of the great human race, as my spirit is part of my nation. In my own very self, I am part of my family.

A book lives as long as it is unfathomed.

Give up bearing children and bear hope and love and devotion to those already born.

And that is ... how they are. So terribly physically all over one another. They pour themselves one over the other like so much melted butter over parsnips. They catch each other under the chin, with a tender caress of the hand, and they smile with sunny melting tenderness into each other's face.

Be sure your sins will find you out, especially if you're married and her name's Bertha