“If girls could do nothing else in this world, they were supposed to be able to keep their blood from showing.”

“The Jews should not be allowed to keep what they have obtained from others by usury; it were best that they were compelled to worked so that they could earn their living instead of doing nothing but becoming avaricious.”

“What is truly seen by the poet's eyes that no one else sees? How were these beautiful words written from nothing, and how were they then able to move and touch feelings?”

“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”

“If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.”

“Each creature had something it excelled at, he supposed. Humans could manage knots easily, and cats could do everything else.”

“Even though they, themselves, were material beings, they could show themselves to us only by taking on bodies that our senses were able to perceive.”

“Well," his father says, "I'll say this for Slick Willie, he's brought the phrase out in the open. When I was young you had to explain to girls what it was. They could hardly believe they were supposed to do it.”

“The wounded want power, nothing else; they think it will keep them from being hurt again.”

“To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and keep absolutely sober.”