Fortunately, I was supposed to look confused and disoriented because, God, I felt that way.
Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.
My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell!
It is not the fault of the slaveholder that he is cruel, so much as it is the fault of the system under which he lives. He cannot withstand the influence of habit and associations that surround him. Taught from earliest childhood, by all that he sees and hears that the rod is for the slave's back, he will not be apt to change his opinions in maturer years.
My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom.
Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear—dogs, alligators or men!
Is everything right because the law allows it?
The transitoriness of our existence in now way makes it meaningless. But it does constitute our responsibleness; for everything hinges upon our realizing the essentially transitory possibilities.
I think the important thing about sisters is that they share the same minute, familiar life-style, the same little sets of rules. Therefore they can keep house with each other late in life, because they share the same bunch of housewifely prejudices. The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason they don't die, but men die when they retire. Women just polish the teacups.
There is no vacation for a writer! Every moment of his life is work!
It's the building of things that makes you happy. You have to enjoy the process whether you succeed or fail.