All this sea of humanity reassured me that as alien as i felt, there were always others in the world far odder than I

A powerful thing, destiny. You can't run from it. Not in the end.

I miss my old life

But women- this I will never understand- they are touched by the oddest things

Good taste is not the birthright of snobs, but a gift from God sometimes found in the unlikeliest of people".

As a writer of philosophy, it's good to ask oneself, 'Will I still believe this a week from now, or months, or even years?

A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.

Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination.

It is through the idealism of youth that man catches sight of truth, and in that idealism he possesses a wealth which he must never exchange for anything else.

You're in my personal space, so get out of it.

I feel like a tick on a dog.

We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe in America.

When I struggle to be terse, I end by being obscure.

There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy's. And the right side.

Ah, what a sign it is of evil life, Where death's approach is seen so terrible!