The past is the father of the present.

The first time you do a thing is always exciting.

Intuition is like reading a word without having to spell it out. A child can't do that because it has had so little experience. A grown-up person knows the word because they've seen it often before.

The trouble with you and me, is that we don't live in the real world. We dream of fantastic things that may never happen.

Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -"The Blood-Stained Pavement

I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.

... obsessions are always dangerous.