Thought's a luxury. Do you think the peasant sits and thinks of God and Democracy when he gets inside his mud hut at night?

I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.

For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success.

Her face looked ugly in the attempt to avoid tears; it was an ugliness which bound him to her more than any beauty could have done. It isn't being happy together, he thought as though it were a fresh discovery, that makes one love--it's being unhappy together.

There are times when a lover longs to be also a father and a brother: he is jealous of the years he hasn't shared.

A brain is only capable of what it could conceive, andit couldnt concieve what it hasnt experienced

Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor.