There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

Intellect is a part of a good faith. Intellect is the light, the heart is the direction.

Anything is good if it's made of chocolate.

Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers.

Through persistence numerous individuals win accomplishment out of what appeared bound to be sure disappointment.

Faith must rise beyond the recognised norm into a lifestyle that accurately represents the victorious Son of God.

You vote for Hillary Clinton, you're crazy.

...One reason I became a writer was that I figured out that if you call yourself a writer, you can read all you want and people think that you are working.

We're like pretty horses, and just as on horses, they mean to put blinders on us so we can't look left or right but only straight ahead where they would lead.

The coquette has companions, indeed, but no lovers,--for love is respectful and timorous; and where among her followers will she find a husband?

Death does not discriminate; whether saints or sinners, in the end, all are equal.