The terms which, in his inmost heart, each man knows. As I know mine. As all know. For that is the truth of it — that we all know, God, that we know, that we know, we know, we know.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day.

... an era of turmoil and ideological confusion, the principal phenomenon of the present age.

The ocean was waiting with grand and bitter provocations, as if it invited you to think how deep it was, how much colder than your blood or saltier, or to outguess it, to tell which were its feints or passes and which its real intentions, meaning business.

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.

I am more stupid about some things than others; not equally stupid in all directions; I am not a well-rounded person.