"The solar system is like a roulette gone mad, and the earth is the ball. It's been rolling for millions of years; wha…"

"Foolish economy and reckless expenditure are indications of an elementary quality. In that sense woman is still somet…"

"There are human tendencies, such as belief in a divine spirit, painting pictures, making war, composing songs. Are th…"

"It seemed to me that this desertion of the old saloon, child of the taverns where the clipper captains used to meet t…"

"There is no peace in Chicago. In Chicago the past and the future give birth to an unruly being that angrily shakes th…"

"When you know a person particularly well, you cannot escape their ruffled feelings."

"Darkness began to drink up the last cold light upon the mountainside."

"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them."

"In my early life, and probably even today, it is not sufficiently understood that a child's education should include …"

"There is no thermometer for wants!"