Within that frame he went a long way and burned a deep scar.

We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is.

There is no lostness like that which comes to a man when a perfect and certain pattern has dissolved about him.

The curious hocus-pocus of criticism I can't take seriously. It consists in squirreling up some odd phrases and then waiting for a book to come running by.

Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.

I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.

Not only do the brave get killed, but the brave have a better chance of it.