The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.

Whatever life may be, and whatever horror men have made of it, the world is a lovely place, a magic place, something to marvel over. The world is an amazing place.

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.

there is no pornography without a secrecy.

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.

Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.

I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams.