When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks.

What makes bad writers so annoying is their good passages.

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

One is not oneself every day-fortunately.

The finest life is spent creating oneself, not procreating.

To those who ask if I have read their book, I reply: I have not yet read Homer.

Novels are longer than life.