“You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.”

“Why, darling, I don't live at all when I'm not with you.”

“The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing. ”

“If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed.”

“You've such a lovely temperature.”

“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”

“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”

“Listen," I told him. "Don't be so tough so early in the morning. I'm sure you've cut plenty of people's throats. I haven't even had my coffee yet.”

“I didn't want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you good night — and there's a lot of difference.”

“I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before.”

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”

“And who understands? Not me, because if I did I would forgive it all.”