Life Is Not Long At All, Never

You Have To Stop Living In Order To Write.

Perhaps These Men In The House Caucus Room [committee On Un-american Activities] Are Determined To Spread Silence: To Frighten Those Voices Which Will Shout No, And Ask Questions, Defend The Few, Attack Cruelty And Proclaim The Rights And Dignity Of Man. ... America Is Going To Look Very Strange To Americans And They Will Not Be At Home Here, For The Air Will Slowly Become Unbreathable To All Forms Of Life Except Sheep.

Officialdom Is Hostile To Inquiring Outsiders.

... People Miss A Great Deal By Being Sensible.

Freedom' Is The Most Expensive Possession There Is; It Has To Be Paid For With Loneliness.