A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere.

every human activity, whether it be love, philosophy, art, or revolution, is carried on with a special intensity in Paris.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

I cannot think that espionage can be recommended as a technique for building an impressive civilization. It's a lout's game.

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience.

No great thing happens suddenly.

a good oyster cannot please the palate as acutely as a bad one can revolt it, and a good oyster cannot make him who eats it live for ever though a bad one can make him dead for ever.