youth is a marvelous garment

We are all prisoner, but the name of our cure is not freedom

Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.

We must live by the light of our own self-satisfaction, through that secret vital busy inwardness which is even more remarkable than our reason.

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.

One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.

In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.