Surely there is something in madness, even the demoniac, which Satan flees, aghast at his own handiwork, and which God looks on in pity.

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

Only the peak feels so sound and stable that the beginning of the falling is hidden for a little while.

I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.

The saddest thing about love, Joe, is that not only the love cannot last forever, but even the heartbreak is soon forgotten.

Well, Bud," he said, looking at me, "I'll be damned if you don't go to a lot of trouble to have your fun. Kidnapping, then fighting. What do you do on your holidays? Burn houses?

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.