He felt extremely friendly to them all; they too knew what splendid thing it was to be in love.

Art is amoral; so is life.

He had come into the autumn of his life: a man had his seasons, even as had the earth. Was the harvesting of autumn less important than the seeding of spring? Each without the other was meaningless.

I do like to teach. Sitting in my great chair at school, I used to consider myself as some dictator at the head of a commonwealth... To fire a newborn soul with ardor for learning! At that time I thought the world could afford no greater pleasure.’ – Those Who Love, p. 177.

Immortality means being loved by many anonymous people.

There is only a God-given number of years in which to work and fulfill yourself. Don’t squander them.

Inside yourself you’re strong. That’s the place where strength counts. Strength shows not only in how fast you can chop down trees.’ -p. 5.

Her gown was cut Sufficiently low to suggest how abundantly the coming generations might be nourished.

There’s all the kids at home, and my mother and brother. And the men I pick up. But you live alone anyhow, don’t you? It ain’t people that count. It’s having someone you really like.

The simplest things that need self-restraint are the most difficult to replicate.