I am in the mood to dissolve in the sky.

And now more than anything I want beautiful prose. I relish it more and more exquisitely.

The mind must be allowed to settle undisturbed over the object in order to secrete the pearl.

People only become writers if they can't find the one book they've always wanted to read.

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.

It is the duty of the writer to describe.

I detest the masculine point of view. I am bored by his heroism, virtue, and honour. I think the best these men can do is not talk about themselves anymore.