James Salter Quotes

Art, in a sense, is life brought to a standstill, rescued from time. The secret of making it is simple: discard everything that is good enough.

there comes a time in life, when you realize that everything is a dream; only those things which are written down have any possibility of being real.

Now they are lovers. The first, wild courses are ended. They have founded their domain. A satanic happiness follows.

But knowledge does not protect one. Life is contemptuous of knowledge; it forces it to sit in the anterooms, to wait outside. Passion, energy, lies: these are what life admires.

Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they're ready to leave