if you go through life looking for insults, you may be comfortably assured of finding them.

You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a mastery over words.

It is a curious thing that when one speaks from the heart it is invariably in the worst of taste.

No coffee is ever quite as good as it smells.

Above all things-read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.

As usual she had a deceptive air of perspicacity.

One should have the courage of one's loneliness.

Expectation is the springboard of achievement.

Custom makes monsters of us all.

No art should be fashionable.

Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.

Our bodies were printed as blank pages to be filled with the ink of our hearts

Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand.

As much as I cared about him, I wasn’t a slave to fate. I could choose to ignore my feelings, strong as they were. It would be painful, but no more so than letting myself pine for my friend.

There is a perfect rout of characters in every man—and every man is like an actor’s trunk, full of strange creatures, new & old. But an actor and his trunk are two different things

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.

The key to the understanding of the character of the conscious lies in the region of the unconscious.

Faith is always at a disadvantage; it is a perpetually defeated thing which survives all conquerors.

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.

One of the problems of not allowing the American people to read what bin Laden has said is that in October 2001 just after the war began in Afghanistan, he gave a speech that had two parts to it.