Happiness is an immunity.

To think of losing is to lose already.

It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.

... possessiveness cannot accept; it cannot even strike a fair bargain; it has to confer.

The fatal flaw of gravity; when you are down, everything falls down on you.

Spring is strictly sentimental, self-regarding; but I burn more careless in the autumn bonfire.

Inflation is the senility of democracies.

cooking is the most succulent of human pleasures.

One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more industry and energy to expend on hating. They build it up like coral insects.

Truth has beauty, power, and necessity.

Idleness is righteous if it is comfortable. Uncomfortable idleness is sin & sinful waste.

Creativity is a combination of discipline and childlike spirit.

People are like lights. Some are colored lights and draw attention to themselves. Others are clear lights. They shine on people in around them.

We spend so long trying to be what other people want, that when we look in the mirror, we see a stranger.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

Americans have discovered fear.

I haven’t even really tried to win you over, Roza. When I want to, I can be very persuasive.

If I had to pick one quality that best predicts success (other than wanting to be successful) it would be the willingness to risk embarrassment.

For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched.

I went to Paris when I was about 18 and then went to Miami and New York. I did all of that alone. I did it to myself.

She's like a wind-up monkey that winds itself.