I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me

If I had my way books would not be written in English but in an exceedingly difficult secret language.... This plan would have the advantage of scaring off all amateur authors, retired politicians, country doctors...who would not have the patience to learn the secret language.

A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart.

I still have trouble identifying grammatical structures by name, though I know them as matters of usage.

One learns one’s mystery at the price of one’s innocence.

Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable stuff he never quotes, but an even vaster realm of which he has never heard.

In the end, it is upon the quality and commitment of individuals that all group movements depend.