There is no feeling to be compared with the feeling of having written and finished a story.

Every time one leaves anywhere, something precious, which ought not to be killed, is left to die.

To long for everything: sorrow; to accept everything: joy.

As in the physical world, so in the spiritual world, pain does not last forever.

Letters are the real curse of my existence. I hate to write them: I have to. If I don't, there they are - the great guilty gates barring my way.

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on it it's only good for wallowing in.

Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them.