My only regret in life is that I did not drink more wine.

Write hard and clear about what hurts.

There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene.

She was looking into my eyes with that way she had of looking that made you wonder whether she really saw out of her own eyes. They would look on and on after every one else's eyes in the world would have stopped looking. She looked as though there were nothing on earth she would not look at like that, and really she was afraid of so many things.

Some people, when they hear an echo, think they originated the sound.

I hate a cramp, he thought. It is a treachery of one's own body.

Why, darling, I don't live at all when I'm not with you.