that is not the last word; it is not even an apt word; it is a dead word from ten years back.

After all, damn it, what does being in love mean if you can't trust a person.

Don't give your opinions about Art and the Purpose of Life. They are of little interest and, anyway, you can't express them. Don't analyze yourself. Give the relevant facts and let your readers make their own judgments. Stick to your story. It is not the most important subject in history but it is one about which you are uniquely qualified to speak.

Words should be an intense pleasure just as leather should be to a shoemaker.

I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are all possessed with an almost fatal hunger for permanence.

I have a good mind not to take Aloysius to Venice. I don't want him to meet a lot of horrid Italian bears and pick up bad habits.

His heart; some long word at the heart. He is dying of a long word.