The disease we all have and that we have to fight against all our lives is ... the disease of self.

It is no use. I find it impossible to work with security staring me in the face.

It might be that women who have beennurses should not marry physicians. They have too much respect for physicians, are taughtto have too much respect

I think that those of us who are what are called intellectuals make a terrible mistake in overvaluing the yen we have for the arts, books, etc. There is a sweet, fine quality in life that has nothing to do with this, and more and more I find myself valuing myself with those people.

It was a cold day but the sun was out and the trees were like great bonfires against gray distant fields and hills.

It may be life is only worthwhile at moments. Perhaps that is all we ought to expect.

There is a time in the life of every boy when he for the first time takes the backward view of life. Perhaps that is the moment when he crosses the line into manhood.