Saints rarely have friends; they are usually hated and derided, for they love and love is always rejected by hard-hearted men....saints do not advertise themselves; good men do not seek out a name in the world....the saints did what they did almost in stealth, asking nothing except that men love God.

I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.

No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me

I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul

I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation

Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.

Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.