Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, then to burn like a meteor and leave no dust.

There was a serenity about him always that had the look of innocence, when, technically, the word was no longer applicable.

I like people to be unhappy because I like them to have souls.

The habit of writing for my eye is good practice. It loosens the ligaments.

London perpetually attracts, stimulates, gives me a play and a story and a poem, without any trouble, save that of moving my legs through the streets... To walk alone through London is the greatest rest.

and even a tea party means apprehension, breakage

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.