Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.

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The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen...

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen...

Europe's the mayonnaise, but America supplies the good old lobster.

Europe's the mayonnaise, but America supplies the good old lobster.

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A...

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A...

The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul,...

The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul,...

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved....

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved....

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to...

It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to...

All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true.

All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true.

Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.

Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and...

One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and...

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd,...

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd,...

The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man...

The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man...

The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test...

The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test...

The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it...

The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it...

One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.

One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.