Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is to take these handfuls of confusion and disparate things, things that seem to be irreconcilable, and put them together in a frame to give them…

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I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even...

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even...

Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.

Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.

They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the...

They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even...

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.

Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things...

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things...

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship...

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even...

Life is what you make it.

Life is what you make it.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in...

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in...

We've got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it's love that gives you...

We've got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it's love that gives you...

Ll men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

Ll men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Pleasure is the bait of sin