Now the answer ... is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.

I do not think you want too much sincerity in society. It would be like an iron girder in a house of cards.

I'd sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

She’s wonderful. Tell her I’ve never seen such beautiful hands. I wonder what she sees in you.” Waddington, smiling, translated the question. “She says I’m good.” “As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue,” Kitty mocked.

It takes two to make a love affair and a mans meat is too often a woman's poison.