Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long. This Business of Living (1935)
We were at the age when a friend's conversation seems like oneself talking, when one shares a life in common the way I still think, bachelor though I am, some married couples are able to live. The Beach (1941)
It is not the actual enjoyment of pleasure that we desire. What we want is to test the futility of that pleasure, so as to be no longer obsessed by it. This Business of Living (1935)