And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'

— Rudyard Kipling

An' I learned about women from 'er.

— Rudyard Kipling

(An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance on moods and tempers; the noting of discrepancies between speech and action; a certain reserve of demeanor; and automatic suspicion of sudden favors.

— Rudyard Kipling

Anything from Kipling

— Rudyard Kipling

A rag and a bone and a hank of hair.

— Rudyard Kipling

A thin gray fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England.

— Rudyard Kipling

At two o'clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to call the sun. And the trees in the Shadow rustle and the trees in the moonlight glisten, And though it is deep, dark night, you feel that the night is done.

— Rudyard Kipling

A woman is only a woman but a good cigar is a smoke.

— Rudyard Kipling

A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.

— Rudyard Kipling

Barbarians are all alike... sit up half the night to discuss anything a Roman says.

— Rudyard Kipling