All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

Her eyes reversed into herself, to watch the secret heart of herself pounding itself into pieces against the side of her chest.

I’ve tried actively to define myself and redefine myself, and not be pigeonholed.

The stuff I write isn't strictly autobiographical, but it's personal, if that makes any sense. It draws all these little incidents and people out of my life and then contorts them.

The no-mind not-thinks no-thoughts about no-things.

When you learn to harness the power of your fears it can take you places beyond your wildest dreams.

Truth is what most contradicts itself.

But one on earth is better than the wife; that is the mother.

I concentrate on the southern African subcontinent.

It is beautiful to wish to add another's light to your own.

No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.