Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page; it writes three hundred.

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead

Those moments when you feel you want to read something truly beautiful. The eyes make a tour of the library, and there is nothing. Then you decide to take no matter what, and it is full of beautiful things.

If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.

There is nothing like literature: I lose a cow, I write about her death, and my writing pays me enough to buy another cow.