"I hope your hair curls naturally, does it?" "Yes, darling, with a little help from others."

Actual life was chaos, but there was something terribly logical in the imagination. It was the imagination that set remorse to dog the feet of sin. It was the imagination that made each crime bear its misshapen brood. In the common world of fact the wicked were not punished, nor the good rewarded. Success was given to the strong, failure thrust upon the weak. That was all.

Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

The only thing in the world worse than being Oscar Wilde is not being Oscar Wilde.

I knew nothing but shadows and I thought them to be real.

It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It makes life too full of terrors.

There are times when sorrow seems to me to be the only truth.