He had always known what I did not know and what, when I learned it, I was always able to forget. But I did not know that then, although I learned it later.

When I saw her I was in love with her. Everything turned over inside of me. She looked toward the door, saw there was no one, then she sat on the side of the bed and leaned over and kissed me.

Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.

And if there is not any such thing as a long time, nor the rest of your lives, nor from now on, but there is only now, why then now is the thing to praise and I am very happy with it.

I would take anything I love and throw it off the highest cliff you ever saw and not wait to hear it bounce.

As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.

I am trying to make, before I get through, a picture of the whole world--or as much of it as I have seen. Boiling it down always, rather than spreading it out too thin. (On Writing.)