The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. Read Summary
Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material. Read Summary
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind. Read Summary
In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day. Read Summary
At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide. Read Summary
I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library. Read Summary
An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards. Read Summary
Action is character. Read Summary
It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did. Read Summary
Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known. Read Summary