Only love can keep anyone alive.

Every woman becomes their mother. That's their tragedy. And no man becomes his. That's his tragedy.

California is an Italy without its art.

Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.

I envy you going to Oxford: it is the most flower-like time of one's life. One sees the shadow of things in silver mirrors. Later on, one sees the Gorgon's head, and one suffers, because it does not turn one to stone.

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.