One beast and only one howls in the woods by night.

We must all make do with the rags of love we find flapping on the scarecrow of humanity.

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.

Is not this world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman is disposed of.

[T]ea, that uniquely English meal, that unnecessary collation at which no stimulants--neither alcohol nor meat--are served, that comforting repast of which to partake is as good as second childhood.

There are lots of things that you can brush under the carpet about yourself until you're faced with somebody whose needs won't be put off.