I held out my arms to him and he came to me like a child.

I could not ask forgiveness for something I had not done. As scapegoat, I could only bear the fault.

If you think I'm one of the people who try to be funny at breakfast you're wrong. I'm invariably illtempered in the early morning.

Happiness happens when you fit with your life, when you fit so harmoniously that whatsoever you are doing is your joy. Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

So you see, when war comes to one’s village, one’s doorstep, it isn’t tragic and impersonal any longer. It is just an excuse to vomit private hatred. That is why I am not a great patriot.

A familiar name on its own, however, does not carry its bearer far unless the talent is there, and the will to work.

All autobiography is self-indulgent.