Ideas are, in truth, force.

London is on the whole the most possible form of life.

She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a personal offense.

His kiss was like white lightning, a flash that spread, and spread again, and stayed.

All the same don't forget that you're young — blessedly young; be glad of it on the contrary and live up to it. Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life.

There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.

If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.