I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.

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.

She had no mercy. He looked at her neck and thought how he would like to jab it with the knife he had for his muffin. He knew enough anatomy to make pretty certain of getting the carotid artery. And at the same time he wanted to cover her pale, thin face with kisses.

Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well

Perhaps it would have been possible to see in him a new Prometheus...the hero who for the good of mankind exposes himself to the agonies of the damned...undaunted by failure, by an unceasing effort of courage holding despair at bay, doggedly persistent in the face of self-doubt, which is the artist's bitterest enemy.

The audience is not the least important actor in the play and if it will not do its allotted share the play falls to pieces.

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.