That instinct for human character that is perhaps inherent in an imaginative writer.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

Are you a communist?""No I am an anti-fascist""For a long time?""Since I have understood fascism.

Though I may accumulate a great deal of riches in this world, it is only my wealth of knowledge, talents, and emotional bonds that I keep when I leave.

Forgiveness is not an invitation to become a doormat for other people's hypocrisy.

Learning makes us all uncomfortable.

A valuable qualification of a modern politician seems to be a capacity for concealing or explaining away the truth.

Some situations are so hopeless when you look at them from the outside, you say, "Why are they still married?"

We torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so.

Just follow your joy. Always. I think that if you do that, life will take you on the course that it's meant to take you.

God wants to speak to you on a one-to-one basis every day. He wants to lead you to the good things He has in store for you.

It's only a little secret, but having a secret makes me feel better. Like a human being again.