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

Do not think about sin, he thought. There are enough problems now without sin. Also I have no understanding of it.

Until you're grown-up they send you to reform school. After you're grown-up they send you to the penitentiary.

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.)

I've seen a lot of patriots and they all died just like anybody else if it hurt bad enough and once they were dead their patriotism was only good for legends; it was bad for their prose and made them write bad poetry. If you are going to be a great patriot i.e. loyal to any existing order of government (not one who wishes to destroy the existing for something better) you want to be killed early if your life and works won't stink.

Rereading places you at the point where it has to go on, knowing it is as good as you can get it up to there. There is always juice somewhere.

But I think the Great DiMaggio would be proud of me today.