Pain hardens, and great pain hardens greatly, whatever the comforters say, and suffering does not ennoble, though it may occasionally read more

Pain hardens, and great pain hardens greatly, whatever the comforters say, and suffering does not ennoble, though it may occasionally lend a certain rigid dignity of manner to the suffering frame.

I don't wish to imply that there aren't good things about you or that you're not an extraordinary person but read more

I don't wish to imply that there aren't good things about you or that you're not an extraordinary person but I'd rather let other people enjoy the surprise

We never forgive those who make us blush.

We never forgive those who make us blush.

The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone read more

The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else . . . was to be indifferent to that difference.

Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.

Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.

The only cure for grief is action.

The only cure for grief is action.

Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes read more

Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed, and rightly.