118 quotes
If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be!
This Business of Living (1935)
We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
This Business of Living (1935)
Those philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to discuss it on close terms with a woman.
This Business of Living (1935)
I thought of how many places there are in the world that belong in this way to someone, who has it in his blood beyond anyone else's understanding.
The Devil in the Hills (1949)
There is something indecent in words.
The House on the Hill (1949)
What doesn't slumber under the shells of us all? One just needs courage to uncover it and be oneself. Or at least to discuss it. There isn't enough discussion in the world.
The Beach (1941)
Here's the difficulty about suicide: it is an act of ambition that can be committed only when one has passed beyond ambition.
This Business of Living (1935)
How can you have confidence in a woman who will not risk entrusting her whole life to you, day and night?
This Business of Living (1935)
It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her.
This Business of Living (1935)
No woman marries for money: they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him.
This Business of Living (1935)
You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering.
This Business of Living (1935)
A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
This Business of Living (1935)
But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.
This Business of Living (1935)
Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.
This Business of Living (1935)
Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
This Business of Living (1935)
Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast.
This Business of Living (1935)
No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.
This Business of Living (1935)
To avenge a wrong done to you, is to rob yourself of the comfort of crying out against the injustice of it.
This Business of Living (1935)
Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.
This Business of Living (1935)
All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority, otherwise called ambition.
This Business of Living (1935)