It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul struggling in the contrary toils of love and religion - death brought them into harmony.

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I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get...

I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get...

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I...

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I...

Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I...

Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I...

It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a...

It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a...

I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth;...

I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth;...

The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When...

The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When...

The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on...

The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on...

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life...

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life...

My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote...

My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote...

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for...

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for...

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.

On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of...

On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of...

My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get...

My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get...

I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old.

I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old.

I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results,...

I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results,...

Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many...

Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many...

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I...

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I...

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I...

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I...

I wish there was something that - I get all those wonderful letters and wonderful...

I wish there was something that - I get all those wonderful letters and wonderful...

This indictment of Christianity I will write on all walls, wherever there are walls -...

This indictment of Christianity I will write on all walls, wherever there are walls -...