They talked aimlessly back and forth, each speaking for the other.

Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had

Premature success gives one an almost mystical conception of destiny as opposed to will power-at its worst the Napoleonic delusion.

It’s just that I feel so sad these wonderful nights. I sort of feel they’re never coming again, and I’m not really getting all I could out of them.

Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you--it's a wall that an active you runs up against.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home.