His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred.

Everyone my age had written a novel and I was still having difficulty writing a paragraph.

Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already?

No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.

I am always in love.

Fish," he said, "I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.

To hell with the Church when it becomes a State and the hell with the State when it becomes a Church.