The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.
nations decay from within more often than they surrender to outward assault.
It is human nature to overestimate the thing you've never had.
I suppose I am a born novelist, for the things I imagine are more vital and vivid to me than the things I remember.
Cynicism is a sure sign of youth.
The suitable is the last thing we ever want.