We can never cease to be ourselves.

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.

One can't live with one's finger everlastingly on one's pulse.

A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.

She feared the unknown as we all do, and her ignorance made the unknown infinitely vast.

It made you feel very small, very lost, and yet it was not altogether depressing, that feeling. After all, if you were small, the grimy beetle crawled on - which was just what you wanted it to do.

I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine.