The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.

My father gave me free run of his library. When I think of my boyhood, I think in terms of the books I read.

Doubt is one of the names of intelligence.

Time, which despoils castles, enriches verses.

Truth never penetrates an unwilling mind.

Each thing implies the universe.

Reality is not always probable, or likely. But if you're writing a story, you have to make it as plausible as you can, because if not, the reader's imagination will reject it.