Love must be learned again and again... Hate needs no instruction, but waits only to be provoked.

Civilization, let me tell you what it is. First the soldier, then the merchant, then the priest, then the lawyer. The merchant hires the soldier and priest to conquer the country for him. First the soldier, he is a murderer; then the priest, he is a liar; then the merchant, he is a thief; and they all bring in the lawyer to make their laws and defend their deeds, and there you have your civilization!

Be bold, and try not to fall in love with your faults. Don't be so afraid of giving yourself away, either, for if yo write, you must. And if you can't face that, better not write.

You do not create a style. You work, and develop yourself; your style is an emanation from your own being.

Your mind outwears all sorts of things you may set your heart upon; you can enjoy it when all other things are taken away.

We are born knowing death.

I specialize in what the French call la petite histoire. I am interested in the individual thumbprint.