I am always on the side of the revolutionists, because there never was a revolution unless there were some oppressive and intolerable conditions against which to revolute.

It's awful undermining to the intellect, German is; you want to take it in small doses, or first you know your brains all run together, and you feel them flapping around in your head same as so much drawn butter.

The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell, together, as quickly as possible.

Education is what you must acquire without any interference from your schooling.

I am only human, although I regret it.

Choosing not to read is like closing an open door to paradise

You must not pay a person a compliment, and then straightway follow it with a criticism.