I've seen death and I didn't like it.

New York rose out of the water like a great wave that found it impossible to return again and so remained there in horror, peering out of the million windows man had caged it with.

Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet won’t stick out.

We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart.

To love without criticism is to be betrayed.

One must not look inward too much, while the inside is yet tender. I do not wish to frighten myself until I can stand it.

No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into.