Without doubt cats are intellectuals who have been, by some mysterious decree of Providence, deprived of the comfort of the word.

Art is not a plaything, but a necessity, and its essence, form, is not a decorative adjustment, but a cup into which life can be poured and lifted to the lips and be tasted.

Motherhood is neither a duty nor a privilege, but simply the way that humanity can satisfy the desire for physical immortality and triumph over the fear of death.

The earth itself is slightly resistant to routine.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Time spent in a casino is time given to death, a foretaste of the hour when one's flesh will be diverted to the purposes of the worm and not of the will.

Christianity must be regarded not as a final revelation but as a phase of revelation.