The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog and the clear wind blows it away and the sun burns it off.

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

You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.

An aggressive war is the great crime against everything good in the world. A defensive war, which must necessarily turn to aggressive at the earliest moment, is the necessary great counter-crime. But never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.

The things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist.

Night life is when everybody says what the hell and you do not remember who paid the bill.

I do not want you ever to initiate any action for any refunds of taxes without first consulting me and presenting the matter fully to me so that I may judge whether it is an honorable and ethical action to take, not simply legally, but according to my own personal standards.