being a harp which the least wind of emotion from another’s heart could make to vibrate as readily as a radical stir in her own.

You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman!

People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.

You concede nothing to me and I have to concede everything to you.

Always wanting another man than your own.

You don't talk quite like a girl who has had no advantages.

And then he again uneasily saw, as he had latterly seen with more and more frequency, the scorn of Nature for man’s finer emotions, and her lack of interest in his aspirations.

Then if children make so much trouble, why do people have 'em?

I think that whenever children be born that are not wanted they should be killed directly, before their souls come to 'em, and not allowed to grow big and walk about!

The purpose of a chronicler of moods and deeds does not require him to express his personal views upon the grave controversy above given.

An average woman is in this superior to an average man—that she never instigates, only responds.

Put your converted time into something productive

I am not normal. I never will be.

Thoughts -- just mere thoughts -- are as powerful as electric batteries -- as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison.

Every successful man knows what a persevering life it was to achieve his goal.

To have a high IQ, you tend to specialize, think deep thoughts. You avoid trivia.

It is little enough we know and the rest is darkness.

I will wait for Cleopatra, for I know my time must come. And I'm getting ready for wherever she'll be at-tra, cause I'm getting stronger now and not so dumb.

I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for their many qualities.

I became an artist because I couldn't become anything else.

For my Perfect Chemistry series, I did movie-style book trailers, and my fans went crazy for them.