“The question is," Harry whispered, trying desperately to joke, "whether it's better to be dead from the neck up or the neck down," and the doctor smiled, knowing Harry was protecting himself with his sense of irony.”

“His sins seemed to be so few that he was alarmed and groped anxiously for more, knowing he could not be without guilt.”

“The last confession he heard was from a young hysterical girl who seemed to him to be making up a chain of small sins so that she could imagine herself full of remorse.”

“There is only one trait that marks the writer. He is always watching. It's a kind of trick of the mind and he is born with it. ”

“A doctor is advertised by the bodies he cures. My business is advertised by the minds I stimulate. And let me tell you that the book business is different from other trades. People don't know they want books. I can see just by looking at you that your mind is ill for lack of books but you are blissfully unaware of it!”

“It's a good thing to turn your mind upside down now and then, like an hour-glass, to let the particles run the other way. ”

“A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice!”