To mis-quote is the very foundation of original style. The success of most writers is almost entirely due to continuous and courageous abuse of familiar misquotation.

My queerness is not a vice, is not deliberate, and harms no one.

I am not a bibliophile but a humanophile: I look for rare human beings.

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.

Silence too can be indiscreet.

I judge people's charm by the ease with which I express myself in their presence.

Novels are longer than life.