The one who is doing his work and getting satisfaction from it is not the one the poverty bothers.

In order to be a great writer a person must have a built-in, shockproof crap detector.

French is the language of diplomacy. Spanish is the language of bureaucracy.

When we came back to Paris it was clear and cold and lovely.

And you treat me wonderfully and keep all your promises.

The whiskey warmed his tongue and the back of his throat, but it did not change his ideas any, and suddenly, looking at himself in the mirror behind the bar, he knew that drinking was never going to do any good to him now. Whatever he had now he had, and it was from now on, and if he drank himself unconscious when he woke up it would be there.

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.