Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth
Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time.
Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.
Not romance but companionship makes the happiness of daily life.
The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.
Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.