"I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches"

"If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death"

"A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity"

"My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me"

"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual"

"Immortality - a fate worse than death"

"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"

"That which is so universal as death must be a benefit"

"Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves"

"Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another"