The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting.
Unlike other vices, cruelty, alas, is never boring.
Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.
Self-blame usually has an undertone of self-congratulation.
To love a fool is a misfortune, but does not make one a fool.
The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.