What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story. F.

He waited for the mask to drop off, but at the same time he did not question her right to wear it. F.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. F.

The test of a first-fate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. F.

Optimism is the content of small men in high places. F.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist but in the ability to start over.

If you’re strong enough, there are no precedents.

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don’t go by any rules. They’re not like aches or wounds; they’re more like splits in the skin that won’t heal.

implying in a subtle, complimentary way that she was as succulent as the small reptile he had for dinner the night before.