God does not know whether a skin is black or white, He sees only souls.

The greatest art comes out of warmth and conviction and deep feeling, but then, very few people, even geniuses, have all that.

Lovemaking surely must be, for human beings at our present state of development, one of the more private enterprises. Who would want a witness to that entire self-abandonment and helplessness?

The past is never where you think you left it.

Trust your happiness and the richness of your life at this moment. It is as true and as much yours as anything else that ever happened to you.

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.

Life is a game of piquet played in a bramble bush in very bad weather.