It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

Everyone has to have hope in their life, or they will eventually become your enemy.

It is always easy to break one’s word to oneself.

The hypocrite is the great winner in this life which is the truth.

Let your constant practice be to offer yourself to God, that He may do with you what He pleases.

When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.

Today many Caribbean workers can be found in the hospital, construction, service and hotel industries, but there is also a growing professional sector.

Freedom which has genuine meaning is more than a timeless abstraction, more than an absence of restraints.

The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell.

I go where there are no slaves, hangmen or oppressors; where faith does not kill; where the one who reigns is God.

Work is my norm. I have mad energy, insane energy, a kind of stamina in terms of work that's a little crazy.