It's necessary to use suffering. Otherwise, one is used by it.

Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.

Hero worship has died with heroes, and if someone bows down today, it is to pick up something.

albinos aren't reproached for having pink eyes and whitish hair, why should they hold it again me for being a lesbian? It's a question of nature: my queerness isn't a vice, isn't 'deliberate,' and harms no one.

Silence too can be indiscreet.

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.

To be married is to be neither alone nor together.