The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own. romance
The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. history & women
It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work. aging & work
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. love
For most of history, Anonymous was a woman. history
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. truth
Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women? men & women
Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious the best prose is that which is most full of poetry. best & poetry
The beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness. beauty
Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. humor
Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order. power
The connection between dress and war is not far to seek your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers. war
Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art. art & nature
I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well in it. God
To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves. freedom
It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. dreams & truth
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. money
Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth. business & truth
Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them. money
We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods. best & war
You cannot find peace by avoiding life. peace
The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder. beauty
Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. power & women
It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us it's the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses. aging
Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works. experience
When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly. amazing
Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame. being alone
Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. dreams & truth
The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity. truth & women
Some people go to priests others to poetry I to my friends. friendship & poetry