I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy. |
Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals? |
Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over. |
Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. |
Malice is always authentic and sincere. |
Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does. |
Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want? |
In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same. |
If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism. |
First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory. |
Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it. |
'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.' |
The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds. |
Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine. |
Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame. |
City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life. |
The gods are watching, but idly, yawning. |
Money is to my social existence what health is to my body. |
Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying. |
Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth. |