A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample.
From Rebecca West
The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.
He is every other inch a gentleman.
Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats.
A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere.
It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.
Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs.
Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.
People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.
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