On the stage it is always now; the personages are standing on that razor-edge, between the past and the future, which is the essential character of conscious being.

There's nothing like mixing with women to bring out all the foolishness in a man of sense.

I didn't marry you because you were perfect. I didn't even marry you because I loved you. I married you because you gave me a promise. That promise made up for your faults. And the promise I gave you made up for mine. Two imperfect people got married and it was the promise that made the marriage. And when our children were growing up, it wasn't a house that protected them; and it wasn't our love that protected them--it was that promise.

I want you to try and remember what it was like to have been very young. And particularly the days when you were first in love; when you were like a person sleepwalking, and you didn’t quite see the street you were in, and didn’t quite hear everything that was said to you. You’re just a little bit crazy. Will you remember that, please?

If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good

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

What is essential does not die but clarifies.