We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity — gunpowder and romantic love. – Andre Maurois
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. – Andre Maurois
A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too short. – Andre Maurois
Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold. – Andre Maurois
The search for conspiracy only increases the elements of morbidity and paranoia and fantasy in this country. It romanticizes crimes that are terrible because of their lack of purpose. It obscures our necessary understanding, all of us, that in this life there is often tragedy without reason. – Anthony Lewis