It is the destiny of the emigrant that the foreign land does not become his homeland: his homeland becomes foreign.

Too often man handles life as he does the bad weather. He whiles away the time as he waits for it to stop.

When everyone leaves you it's loneliness you feel, when you leave everyone else it's solitude.

It is best never to have been born. But who among us has such luck? One in a million, perhaps.

The striking aphorism requires a stricken aphorist.

Work is what you do so that sometime you won't have to do it anymore.

It would be a miracle, for example, if I dropped a stone and it rose upwards. But is it no miracle that it falls to the ground?

I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.

You'll learn wisdom for yourself, if you have become sedentary.

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.

My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it.

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.

The greatness of Ty Cobb was something that had to be seen, and to see him was to remember him forever.

If you are on to something creative, school can also inhibit you. The wrong teacher, man, can really mess you up.

Color is a very personal thing. You need to make sure to choose a color that makes you happy. But I don't recommend accent walls - choose a color you can live with on all four walls.

The freer the society gets, the more dangerous the great beast becomes and the more you have to be careful to cage it somehow.

Every man worthy of loving you won't make you change yourself.