In this world, goodness is destined to be defeated.

Consciously cultivate the ordinary.

Nothing remains but desire, and desire comes howling down Elysian Fields like a mistral.

Small disconnected facts, if you take note of them, have a way of becoming connected.

I am not ashamed to use the word class. I will also plead guilty to another charge. The charge is that people belonging to my class think they're better than other people. You're damn right we're better. We're better because we do not shirk our obligations either to ourselves or to others. . . .we live by our lights, we die by our lights, and whoever the high gods may be, we'll look them in the eye without apology.

I couldn't stand it. I still can't stand it. I can't stand the way things are. I cannot tolerate this age.

Genius consists not in making great discoveries, but in seeing the connection between small discoveries.