I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier?

Some people there are who, being grown; forget the horrible task of learning to read. It is perhaps the greatest single effort that the human undertakes, and he must do it as a child.

One man was so mad at me that he ended his letter, "Beware. You will never get out of this world alive."

With knowledge there is no hope,... without hope I would sit motionless, rusting like unused armor.

Why don't you go on west to California? There's work there, and it never gets cold. Why, you can reach out anywhere and pick an orange. Why, there's always some kind of crop to work in. Why don't you go there?

...to find where you are going, you must know where you are.

for how can you remember the feel of pleasure or pain or choking emotion? You can remember only that you had them.