The continued propinquity of another human being cramps the style after a time unless that person is somebody you think you love. Then the burden becomes intolerable at once.

To my disappointment I now realized that to know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

The trouble with European cities is that they are drenched in their history, almost all of which is terrible.

Ask yourself, if there was to be no blame, and if there was to be no praise, who would I be then?

Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people.

I stay in one room, and it's easier to live there, to control it, to make it warm. It seems to me a convenient way to live, and it's cheap.

Flowers are words even a baby can understand.