Anything that consoles is fake.

The theatre is certainly a place for learning about the brevity of human glory: oh all those wonderful glittering absolutely vanished pantomime! Now I shall abjure magic and become a hermit : put myself in a situation where I can honestly say that I have nothing else to do but to learn to be good.

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.

being homosexual doesn't determine a man's whole character any more than being heterosexual does.

The sending of a letter constitutes a magical grasp upon the future.

We defend ourselves by descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.