Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Every person who has ever lived has lived an unbroken succession of unique occasions.

Throughout the hours of the night, though there had been few to hear it, the whole sky had been loud with the singing of these constellations.

The test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it, you say to yourself "Oh now I've got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home. And the sign that something's wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure.

I hold we cannot be said to be aware of our minds save under responsibility.

The best part of married life is the fights. The rest is merely so-so.

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.