But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral units -- because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back. Such things have disappeared perhaps because men do not trust themselves anymore, and when that happens there is nothing left except perhaps to find some strong sure man, even though he may be wrong, and to dangle from his coattails.

There is one thing pleasantly unconfusing about medicine. The direction and the end are fixed and the patient never works backward.

I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances.

A man who gets few letters does not open one lightly.

Once you have lived in New York and made it your home, no place else is good enough

The American girl makes a servant of her husband and then finds him contemptible for being a servant

Kino heard the little splash of morning waves on the beach. It was very good -- Kino closed his eyes again to listen to his music.