It is not funny that a man should be killed, but it is sometimes funny that he should be killed for so little, and that his death should be the coin of what we call civilization.

You can have a hangover from other things than alcohol. I had one from women.

A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong.

A check girl in peach-bloom Chinese pajamas came over to take my hat and disapprove of my clothes. She had eyes like strange sins.

I'm in a wild mood tonight. I want to go dance in the foam. I hear the banshees calling.

I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn’t go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hidden under the desk.

Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had