That heartbreaking moment when you finish an amazing book, and you are forced to return to reality.

What we owe men is some freedom from their part in a murderous game in which they kick each other to death with one foot, bracing themselves on our various comfortable places with the other.

If you're old and you're healthy and you're active - I don't mean you have to be politically active - if you remain interested in other people and the world, then you live as well as your health will allow.

Art's too long and life's too short.

It's a terrible thing to die young. Still, it saves a lot of time.

Good talkers are people who use interesting language and have a lot of energy in speech and who also listen.

Art is too long, and life is too short.