The fun of talk is to explore, but much of it and all that is irresponsible should not be written. Once written you have to stand by it. You may have said it to see whether you believed it or not.

No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.

I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me.

The time to work is shorter all the time and if you waste it you ... have committed a sin for which there is no forgiveness.

You’re my religion. You’re all I’ve got.

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

He could beat anything, he thought, because no thing could hurt him if he did not care.