When she liked anyone it was quite natural for her to go to bed with him. She never thought twice about it. It was not vice; it wasn't lasciviousness; it was her nature. She gave herself as naturally as the sun gives heat or the flowers their perfume. It was a pleasure to her and she liked to give pleasure to others.

The day broke grey and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child's bed.

When married people don't get on they can separate, but if they're not married it's impossible. It's a tie that only death can sever.

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.

Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant.

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.

I promised myself that if ever I had some money that I would savor a cigar each day after lunch and dinner. This is the only resolution of my youth that I have kept, and the only realized ambition which has not brought disillusion.