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A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.
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One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.
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One might think, that a period which, within fifty years, uproots, enslaves or kills seventy million human beings, should only, and forthwith, be condemned. But also its guilt must be understood.
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The more I accuse myself, the more right I have to judge you. Even better, I make you judge yourself, which comforts me the more.
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God is not necessary to create culpability, or to punish. Our fellow men are enough for that, helped by ourselves.
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Only love heals. Anger, guilt, and fear can only destroy and separate you from your true capabilities.
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For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience.
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Absurdly improbable things are quite as liable to happen in real life as in weak literature.
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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.
