You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't.

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It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be...

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be...

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad...

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad...

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in...

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in...

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around...

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around...

Great writers are the saints for the godless.

Great writers are the saints for the godless.

There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you...

There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you...

A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves...

A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves...

Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always...

Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always...

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is...

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is...

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths...

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths...

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so...

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so...

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided...

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided...

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never...

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never...

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art...

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art...

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other...

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other...

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

I love you - those three words have my life in them.

I love you - those three words have my life in them.

Humility, that low, sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot

Humility, that low, sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot