Most women are not as young as they are painted.
Only the insane take themselves seriously.
Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn't been invented yet
The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it.
A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral.
Fate weaves the darkness, which is perhaps why she weaves so badly.