Remember, all of man's happiness is in the little valleys. Tiny little ones. Small enough to call from one side to the other.

I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000 meters above sea level than down below.

I should like to write about what happens when fictive people encounter and are embellished by real people.

There are also times in life when a person has to rush off in pursuit of hopefulness.

Spring sprang suddenly onto the land.

Boredom is the most horrible of wolves.

The Italians are said to be noisy and to gesticulate, but that is a libel dreamed up by the English.

She wanted to kiss him.No.It was one thing to return his kiss

I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the only place where my fears were justified.

Invisible threads are the strongest ties.

Men have to have heroes, but no man can ever be as big as the need, and so a legend grows around a grain of truth, like a pearl.

Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.

It would bring tears in your eyes to make you think of all those years, the type of brain-washing that this man will use in America to keep us separated from our own people.

Tis the greatest misfortune in nature for a woman to want a confidant.

Any virtue systematically applied becomes a vice. Morality is attention, not system.

Pray with perseverance, with faith, with calmness and serenity.

Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares.