The most beautiful people are all in the library.
Meanwhile myself et cetera lay quietly in the deep mud et cetera (dreaming, et cetera, of your smile eyes knees and of your Etcetera. )
twice I have lived forever in a smile
I'd rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.
To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
The eyes of my eyes are opened.
. . . He is sure that the Bailey he is now is closer to the Bailey he is supposed to be than the Bailey he had been before
I think the book you always like best is the one you're about to write.
A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
There's a real sense of desperation when you grow up in poverty.