Everybody has strange things that mean things to them. You couldn't help it.

Out of all the things you could not have there were some things that you could have and one of those was to know when you were happy and to enjoy all of it while it was there and it was good.

A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.

In the morning there was a big wind blowing and the waves were running high up on the beach and he was awake a long time before he remembered that his heart was broken.

Let those who want to save the world if you can get to see it clear and as a whole. Then any part you make will represent the whole if it's made truly. The thing to do is work and learn to make it.

There can be no great literature in America until her writers have learned to trust her implicitly and love her devoutly.

Just as, with the radio, there are certain things that you become fond of,and you welcome them and resent the new things