It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness, to think that a thousand square miles are a thousand times more wonderful than one square mile, and that a million square miles are almost the same as heaven.

Only connect!...Only connect the prose and the passion.

I won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.

A novel is based on evidence, + or -x, the unknown quantity being the temperament of the novelist, and the unknown quantity always modifies the effect of the evidence, and sometimes transforms it entirely.

I have always found writing pleasant and don't understand what people mean by 'throes of creation.'

I'm a holy man minus the holiness. Hand that on to your three spies, and tell them to put it in their pipes.

I think you’re beautiful, the only beautiful person I’ve ever seen. I love your voice and everything to do with you, down to your clothes or the room you are sitting in. I adore you.