Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
The right word might be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.
Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.