I have Graham Greene's telephone number but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.
For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery above weakness above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.