The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war.

So the blind will lead the blind, and the deaf shout warnings to one another until their voices are lost.

Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means living on the edge more than we care to.

One of the reasons the English got through all their falls and the loss of their empire, all their disasters, their strikes, their difficulties, their wars through the years was they had Shakespeare to fall back on. And they speak well in England.

America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind.

In every death is a celebration; in every ecstasy, one little death.

A really good style comes only when a man has become as good as he can be. Style is character. A good style cannot come from a bad undisciplined character.