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

I want to go and see the world. I want to know the world like the palm of my hand.

we know that the Furies do not come uninvited.

Perhaps the habit which distinguishes civilized people from others is that of discussion, exchange of opinion and ideas, the ability to differ without quarrelling, to say what you have to say civilly and then to listen civilly to another speaker.

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.

Be respectful of words. They mean something.

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.