"Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over."

"The most important thing in life is not to be afraid to give up what you are to get what you want."

"The worst thing about a fight is the part where you're not fighting."

"My aim is to put down what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way."

"I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after."