It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.

The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so, and by the manipulation of his plot, he can engage the reader's attention so that he does not perceive the violence that has been done to him.

There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.

Its a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, few are chosen.

I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the center of the world.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.