It was very sad under the trees. Although spring was well advanced, in the deep shade there was nothing but death-rotten leaves, gray and white fungi, and over everything a funeral hush.

Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears.

Art Is a Way Out. Do not let life overwhelm you. When the old paths are choked with the débris of failure, look for newer and fresher paths. Art is just such a path. Art is distilled from suffering.

At college, and perhaps for a year afterwards, they had believed in literature, had believed in Beauty and in personal expression as an absolute end. When they lost this belief, they lost everything.

Let him ride a horse. He's a cowboy ain't he?

Numbers constitute the only universal language.

Every child, everywhere; in the whole world there was not one child who was not gravely, sweetly dancing.

Her sureness was based on the power to limit experience arbitrarily.

Like a dead man, only friction could make him warm or violence make him mobile.

Feeling is of the heart and nerves and the crudeness of its expression has nothing to do with its intensity.

He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that he could not destroy it even by being conscious of it.

There are some feelings you will never find words for

I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.

[Flürscheim] was good at unanswerable arguments.

Mind exists as a Principle in the universe, just as electricity exists as a principle.

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.

For me, the genders are an essential element of numbers and letters, not something that could be removed from them.

I'm sexing raw dog without protection.

In the mountains of wisdom no climbing is in vain.

Hold on, Claire Bear! Next stop, Crazytown!

There are respectful, considerate things that can be done in life that will be appreciated by the recipient, and only good things can result.