A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream.

That's sad too, people cannot do anything that dreadful they cannot do anything very dreadful at all they cannot even remember tomorrow what seemed dreadful today

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

The writer has three sources: imagination, observation, and experience

In Europe, being an artist is a form of behavior. In America, it's an excuse for a form of behavior.

Knowing not grieving remembers a thousand savage and lonely streets.

Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.