It gives me no joy to be praised at the expense of a better artist, by someone who does not know the difference or who thinks me too vain to be aware of it myself.
Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat.
To hate excellence is to hate the gods.
One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once.
Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.
It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that.