I have really sinned. I am going to pause now, and sit here on the mound repenting in deepest shame.

I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one; an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt.

Sometimes [the expression] old age has a kind of harrowing beauty. But elderly - ugh!

...surely I could give him--a sort of contentment... That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver.

I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea.

I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them.

The Devil's out of fashion.