We no more forget the faces of our enemies than of those we love.

I can't exist without books.

Maybe being married is talking to oneself with one's other self listening.

Many emotions go under the name of love, and almost any one of them will for a while divert the mind from the real, true, and perfect thing.

I get a lot of letters from people. They say "I want to be a writer. What should I do?" I tell them to stop writing to me and to get on with it.

While most of the things you've worried about have never happened, it's a different story with the things you haven't worried about. They are the ones that happen.

there must be a routine to life, a framework to hang life on. Routines were what kept you sane, gave you something to do at this moment and at that, definite places to go, positive things to do. Abandon it and that way madness lies.