To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don't let it.

Oh, darling, you will be good to me, won’t you? Because we’re going to have a strange life.

Before we take to the sea, we walk on land. . . Before we create, we must understand. . .

Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.

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.)

No one ever stopped when they were winning.

Only that which makes you feel bad after doing is immoral.