All right then," said the Savage defiantly, "I'm claiming the right to be unhappy.
It is natural to believe in God when you're alone-- quite alone, in the night, thinking about death.
Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.
When an artist deserts to the side of the angels, it is the most odious of treasons.
What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.
Every gain made by individuals or societies is almost instantly taken for granted. The luminous ceiling toward which we raise our longing eyes becomes, when we have climbed to the next floor, a stretch of disregarded linoleum beneath our feet.