the great novels have marched with the years. They are the contemporaries of time.

Yes, I learned long ago that the only satisfaction of authorship lies in finding the very few who understand what we mean. As for outside rewards, there is not one that I have ever discovered.

If broken hearts could kill, the earth would be as dead as the moon.

So long as the serpent continues to crawl on the ground, the primary influence of woman will be indirect.

It is easy to convince a man who already thinks as you do.

The truth is I've got the land on my back, an' it's drivin' me. Land is a hard driver.

Cruelty is the only sin.