Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority.

When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves.

She is all the great heroines of the world in one. She is more than an individual. I love her, and I must make her love me. I want to make Romeo jealous. I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter, and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into pain.

The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance.

I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.