But strictly held by none, is loosely bound By countless silken ties of love and thought To everything on earth the compass round, And only by one's going slightly taut In the capriciousness of summer air Is of the slightest bondage made aware.

I hate the idea that you ought to read the whole of anybody.

Democracy is the best chance for the best people.

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

I don't like to see things on purpose. I like them to soak in. A friend . . . asked me to go to the top of the Empire State Building once, and I told him that he shouldn't treat New York as a sight-it's feeling, an emotional experience. And the same with every place else.

You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.

College is a refuge from hasty judgment.