His smile bore the same relation to a real smile as false teeth do to real teeth.

I have never been able to write with anything more than the left hand of my mind; the right hand has always been engaged in something to do with personal relationships. I don't complain, because I think my left hand's power, as much as it has, is due to its knowledge of what my right hand is doing.

There is no escape from mystery. It is the character of our being.

His smile bore the same relation to a real smile as false teeth do to real teeth.

Women know the damnation of charity because the habit of civilization has always been to throw them cheap alms rather than give them good wages.

The earth itself is slightly resistant to routine.

... it matters not what natural endowment a race may have if it prostitutes itself to the service of death.