I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.

It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones.

A Strange melancholy pervades me to which I hesitate to give the grave and beautiful name of sorrow. The idea of sorrow has always appealed to me but now I am almost ashamed of it's complete egoism. I have known boredom, regret, and occasionally remorse, but never sorrow. Today it envelops me like a silken web, enervating and soft, and sets me apart from everybody else.

Looking for pleasure is the best way to ensure you won't find it.

Houses are for private living, for friends, and for dogs.

No one, but no one, ever behaves 'well' in bed unless they love or are loved - two conditions seldom fulfilled.

I like men to behave like men. I like them strong and childish.