the strongest will is the will that knows how to bend.

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . . .

In a world where England is finished and dead: I do not wish to live.

It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron.

When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare you a moment, it means a man.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us.

No one really believes in equality who's on top.

Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others.

Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of friendly, purring content.

And now too late, we see these things are one: The art is sacrifice and self-control And who loves beauty must be stern of soul.

Don't buy into a superficial reality. It has an expiration date.

In life your rewards come from the gifts you give to others.

Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!

The topography of literature, the fact in fiction, is one of my pleasures -- I mean, where the living road enters the pages of a book, and you are able to stroll along both the real and imagined road.

Optimists think badly, but live well.

The bubble had subsided, leaving only a tiny scar, but the irrational fear of water never quite left her. I never allowed her to forget, not for a moment.

One person can make all the difference in the world. For the first time in recorded human history, we have the fate of the whole planet in our hands.

Baptism by water leads to the authorized opportunity for the constant companionship of the third member of the Godhead.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.

It's not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality.