There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.
Memoirs and Selected LettersI assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them.
Northanger AbbeyI tried to put things in perspective but sometimes you're just too close to it.
No Country for Old MenYou keep runnin that mouth and I'm goin to take you back there and screw you.
No Country for Old MenHe was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.
New SpringBut it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord." "It might to keep it open.
The Left Hand of Darkness