The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be read more

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good read more

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose read more

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.

Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened.

Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened.

It's the things I might have said that fester.

It's the things I might have said that fester.

I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am read more

I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.

Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.