We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.

Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the big female weapon, and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it.

A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.

Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth.

We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in ones own character to himself.

I think time is a merciless thing. I think life is a process of burning oneself out and time is the fire that burns you. But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary.

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you-gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.