It's the most satisfying occupation man has discovered yet, because you never can quite do it as well as you want to, so there's always something to wake up tomorrow morning to do.

Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

Women do have an affinity for evil, for believing that no woman is to be trusted, but that some men are too innocent to protect themselves.

You can't beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don't even try to.

One day I was talking to Cora. She prayed for me because she believed I was blind to sin, wanting me to kneel and pray too, because people to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.

My ideal job? Landlord of a bordello! The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the best time to write.

Even sound seemed to fail in this air, like the air was worn out with carrying sounds so long.