And without understanding, could each properly love the other?
You can never betray the people who are dead.
Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.
It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.
No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does.