Some people's lives are affected by what happens to their person or their property; but for others fate is what happens to their feelings and their thoughts -- that and nothing more.

Money is a protection, a cloak; it can buy one quiet, and some sort of dignity.

[Dawn] is always such a forgiving time. When that first cold, bright streak comes over the water, it's as if all our sins were pardoned; as if the sky leaned over the earth and kissed it and gave it absolution.

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.

A creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

Ah! the terror and the delight of that moment when first we fear ourselves! Until then we have not lived.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.