A mountain still in the distance can appear as a molehill.

I am a man of peace [so he told Mother, but it always appeared to me that he was the most belligerent man of peace I had ever encountered]

It had filled my time - given me quiet, steadfast company with those characters, who did not exist and never would, but somehow made me feel less ... alone.

Seek self before you venture to conquer the world. Most of what you are looking for is rooted inside you.

Hell yes! Gentle birth’s got to be good for something!

I don't think that any great issue ever gets resolved. I think we outgrow them.

I shall die reading; since my book and a grave are so near.

In The Interestings I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.

Can you trust me, he said. Not will you. Can you. Can I trust him? What do I have to lose?

The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain.

Riches are well, if gotten well and spent well.

Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.