Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

The public is composed of numerous groups whose cry to us writers is: 'Comfort me.' 'Amuse me.' 'Touch my sympathies.' 'Make me sad.' 'Make me dream.' 'Make me laugh.' 'Make me shiver.' 'Make me weep.' 'Make me think.'

You've never lived until you've almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.

One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.

The only certainty is death.

Life is a slope. As long as you're going up you're always looking towards the top and you feel happy, but when you reach it, suddenly you can see the road going downhill and death at the end of it all. It's slow going up and quick going down.