A spirit cannot soar with only one wing.

One tended to lose one’s bearings in the presence of willful and persistent acts of craziness, and the more gentle the act, the crazier it seemed, as if rage and violence, being closer to the norm, were easier to accommodate.

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

Life's an offensive proposition from beginning to end. Maybe those who can't tolerate offense ought to just go ahead and end it all, and maybe those who demand financial compensation for offense ought to have it ended for them.

Curiosity, especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what separates the truly alive from those who are merely going through the motions.

Approfondement is a French word that means 'playing easily in the deep.'

I am looking for the novelists whose writing is an extension of their intellect rather than an extension of their neurosis.