“Proximity to reality induces feelings of emptiness, horror and depression. Do not approach it alone.”

“We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.”

“It is said that the depressive has a clearer view of reality than does the euphoric. Perhaps, but the euphoric has a clearer view of life.”

“Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.”

“Those who jump out of airplanes do not love lifethey deny it, which, of course, is not done without a certain naughty exhilaration. Like children they relish tugging on the apron of Mother Nature, ...”

“Many humans make the mistake of fighting for race when its the species driving our genes. And there is only one weapon to fight for species: the brain.”

“The sins of women and children, domestic servants and the weak, the poor and the ignorant, are the sins of the husbands and fathers, the masters, the strong and the rich and the educated.”

“I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live between the temptation and the fear of that sin.”

“Told often enough that they are the source of sin, women may well begin feeling guilty as they accept the necessity for penance. Taught effectively enough that they are irrelevant to the important ...”