Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood.

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.

Action is character.

My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness.

Hard to sit here and be close to you, and not kiss you.

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.

Human sympathy has its limits.