. . . this rage - I have never forgotten it - contained every anger, every revolt I had ever felt in my life - the way I felt when I saw the black dog hunted, the way I felt when I watched old Uncle Henry taken away to the almshouse, the way I felt whenever I had seen people or animals hurt for the pleasure or profit of others.

there are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for.

I'm not going to lie down and let trouble walk over me.

No one in the modern world is more lonely than the writer with a literary conscience.

There is only one force stronger than selfishness, and that is stupidity.

convictions ... are always getting in the way of opportunities.

anger and jealousy are spasms of the nerves, not of the heart.