Literature is the expression of society.

To believe everything is to be an imbecile. To deny everything is to be a fool.

Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods.

After owning books, almost the next best thing is talking about them.

The winter will be long and bleak. Nature has a dismal aspect.

There is something marvelously soft in the study of nature which attaches a name to every being, a thought to every name, affection and memories to every thought.

Our years, our debts, and our enemies are always more numerous than we imagine.

But if what interests you are stories of the fantastic, I must warn you that this kind of story demands more art and judgment than is ordinarily imagined.

Do not be alarmed if they look paler than the other maidens of Greece. They are scarcely of this Earth, and seem to be shaking off the sleep of a past life.

It is wrong to kill anyone. It is wrong to kill those who kill. It is wrong to kill the executioner. The laws on murder must be killed!

thought for the day.. we are only as strong and safe as the elements we allow into our inner circle rather than the belief of isolation, as a solution, which is foolish...LT

„Life is a beautiful denial to belief in death”.

The particulars of life do not matter to the artist

'Healing, ' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

This is why I had children: to offer them a perfect dream of childhood that can fill their souls as they grow older.

It is better to invert reality than to copy it.

At McCormick Theological Seminary I had to take Hebrew, so I began to read prophetic poetry, and suddenly it became the life I wanted to spend.

I had the intention of becoming a theologian...but now I see how God is, by my endeavors, also glorified in astronomy, for 'the heavens declare the glory of God.'

You only live once, so enjoy the ride.

I have never quite understood - and this is no doubt my failing - I never quite understood why you would read fiction to understand the human condition.