There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.

The educated man is the man who can do something. The quality of his work marks the degree of his education.

You could omit anything if you knew that the omitted part would strengthen the short story and make people feel something more than they understood

People fall in love, but have to climb out.

Everything you have is to give. Thou art a phenomenon of philosophy and an unfortunate man.

Do you know how an ugly woman feels? Do you know what it is to be ugly all your life and inside to feel that you are beautiful? It is very rare.

Some people show evil as a great racehorse shows breeding. They have the dignity of a hard chancre.