But it is certain that a book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it.

It is self-evident that St. Louis affected me more deeply than any other environment has ever done. I feel that there is something in having passed one's child…

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do more, and you are not yet decrepit enough to turn them down.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.