Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

You should only read what is truly good or what is frankly bad.

Good dialogue is not real speech-it's the illusion of real speech.

Something, or something awful or something wonderful was certain to happen on every day in this part of Africa.

So this was how you died, in whispers that you did not hear.

All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they really happened and after you are finished reading one you feel that it all happened to you and after which it all belongs to you.

Modern life ... is often a mechanical oppression and liquor is the only mechanical relief.