To walk into history is to be free at once, to be at large among people.
Curiosity in Rome is a form of courtesy.
one should discuss one's difficulties only when they are over.
... in nine out of ten cases the original wish to write is the wish to make oneself felt[ellipsis in source] the non-essential writer never gets past that wish.
People in love, in whom every sense is open, cannot beat off the influence of a place.
Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.