There is no such thing as an exact synonym and no such thing as an unmixed motive.

we know that the Furies do not come uninvited.

With the most infinite tenderness I have ever known in my life, he put his arms around me, gently, gently, and I embraced him around the neck, and we touched.

There are so many things that we are capable of, that we could be or do. The potentialities are so great that we never, any of us, are more than one-fourth fulfilled.

There has been a marvelous joyous carnival of mourning for Edith Piaf and Jean Coctaeau, and it was real! They died as they had lived, with style and grace and their proper eccentricity; and Paris loves anybody who can live anarchically and be delightful entertainment at the same time. So do I.

No man can be explained by his personal history, least of all a poet.

First impressions are often signals from the deep that we should credit oftener than we do.