If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life.

The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.

America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.

No art ever survived censorship; no art ever will.

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground.