It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

After a good quality dinner one will be able to forgive anybody, still one's own relations.

Now produce your explanation and pray make it improbable.

I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

It is perfectly possible to get what you think you want and be miserable. It's possible too, to never get it but deeply enjoy the process of trying. In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.