I should fancy, however, that murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Love is such a powerful subject matter because it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. It's about timing, fate, failure, redemption.

Every founder has to delude themselves into thinking, "Yes, it's going to be big. It's going to take over the world."

The world, in truth, is a wedding.

I think that what people have failed to talk about is white supremacy.

I left the Midwest thinking I didn't fit in. But when I got to New York, I realized how truly Midwestern I was.

Watching other teams in the World Series is like watching somebody else eat a Hot Fudge Sundae.

Human beings, in their natural state, are unpredictable, erratic, and unhappy. It is only once their animal instincts are controlled that they can be responsible, dependable, and content.

Weep bitterly over the dead, for he is worthy, and then comfort thyself; drive heaviness away: thou shall not do him good, but hurt thyself.

The benefits of studying abroad are almost endless.

I love all beauteous things, I seek and adore them