for ... austere and gracious allegory, as for so much of its mysticism and its chivalry, its ardours and its endurances, the world is in debt to Spain.

Shipwreck in youth is sorrowful enough, but one looks for storms at the spring equinox. Yet it is the September equinox that drowns.

Truth has as many coats as an onion ... and each one of them hollow when you peel it off.

But what was the desire of the flesh beside the desire of the mind?

Being a sick man is like being a log caught in a stream, Gilles. All the straws gather around it.

Because blood is blood, and every family has its own force.Its own flavor.Its own charm and strange.

I have started a new blog W.A.R.(Writers Amongst Readers) for all those writing or reading books. Quotes, excerpts, comments from the world's greatest writers. See robinhawdonblog

When I worked in a medical practice, our practice provided the insurance. When I retired the next day to run for public office to run for Congress, I had to pay first dollar.

The goal of evolution is self - conquest

I listened for the echo, and I heard only praise —

The only reason people lock their car doors when Obama walks by is they are afraid he'll tax them to death...

Don't peak in high school.

To me, this is the singular privilege of reading literature: we are allowed to step into another's life.

I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone.

If you want to feel humor too exquisite and subtle for translation, sit invisibly among a gang of Negro workers.