I knew that suffering did not enoble; it degraded. It made men selfish, petty and suspicious. It absorbed them in small things...it made them less than men; and I wrote ferociously that we learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

The crown of literature is poetry.

There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.

Art is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument of its own purpose.

The subjunctive mood is in its death throes, and the best thing to do is to put it out of its misery as soon as possible.

He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other.

When a woman loves you she's not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she's weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.