Where the human need for order meetsthe human tendency to mayhem, where civilization runs smack against its discontents, you find friction, and a great deal of general wear and tear.

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

come back, come back to me

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

Where does your soul walk? Does it walk in the sunlit woods or hide in the shadowy forest?

Rejected by man, yet accepted by the Maker.

At once he became an enigma. One side or the other of his nature was perfectly comprehensible

Other vices make their own way; this makes way for all vices. He that is a drunkard is qualified for all vice.

A loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed.

Even a strong man can succumb to the wiles of a pretty girl with pointy shoes.

I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.

Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils of misgovernment.

Work always gives me an opportunity to grow as an artist and a person.

Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.