She had never really listened to anyone in her life; which, some said, was why she had survived.

Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.

Gratitude, being nearly the greatest of human duties, is also nearly the most difficult.

We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press... It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.

The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story.

somehow one must love the world without being worldly.

You never know the best about men until you know the worst about them.