The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him.

Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.

Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph-green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree.

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

We may assume that we keep people waiting symbolically because we do not wish to see them and that our anxiety is due not to being late, but to having to see them at all.

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.

While thoughts exist, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living.

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

I want your most vital organ. I want it to be mine.

My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother.

Becoming integrated and whole is the spiritual path. The body is your vehicle. Your job is to learn about yourself from your experiences and change yourself. This is spiritual growth.

I believe America's best days are ahead of us because I believe that the future belongs to freedom, not to fear.

Caro: "Bite me." Ruby: "I gave that up in kindergarten.

I really rebel against authority.

Then take me on your knee, mother; And listen, mother of mine. A hundred fairies danced last night, And the harpers they were nine.

One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent.

I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.

If you are killing time, are you damaging eternity?