...every literature, in its main lines, reflects the chief characteristics of the people for whom, and about whom, it is written.

Yes, one gets over things. But there are certain memories one can't bit on.

What is one's personality, detached from that of the friends with whom fate happens to have linked one? I cannot think of myself apart from the influence of the two or three greatest friendships of my life, and any account of my own growth must be that of their stimulating and enlightening influence.

The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

The taste of the usual was like cinders in his mouth, and there were moments when he felt as if he were being buried alive under his future.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. That new, that personal, vision is attained only by looking long enough at the object represented to make it the writer's own; and the mind which would bring this secret gem to fruition must be able to nourish it with an accumulated wealth of knowledge and experience.