I won't give up the diary again. I must hold on here, it is the only place I can.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted.

A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a "brief."

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.

I am away from home and must always write home, even if any home of mine has long since floated away into eternity.

It is strange how little sharpsightedness women possess; they only notice whether they please, then whether they arouse pity, and finally, whether you look for compassion from them. That is all; come to think of it, it may even be enough, generally speaking.