A moment or an eternity—did it matter? Life, undefeated, existed and could exist.

He had a big head and a face so ugly it became almost fascinating.

Art is the indispensable medium for the communication of a moral ideal.

There are no little people in America. There are only people, equal before the law, yearning to breathe free and wanting to achieve the best within them.

The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently: they are most helplessly in its power. The men who are not interested in philosophy absorb its principles from the cultural atmosphere around them-from schools, colleges, books, magazines, newspapers, movies, television, etc. Who sets the tone of a culture? A small handful of men: the philosophers. Others follow their lead, either by conviction or by default.

and he said her name to fill the space of five years.

The three of them set out every morning on adventures of their own kind. Once, an elderly professor of literature, Mrs. Taggart's friend, saw them on top of a pile in a junk yard, dismantling the carcass of an automobile. He stopped, shook his head and said to Francisco, 'A young man of your position ought to spend his time in libraries, absorbing the culture of the world.' 'What do you think I'm doing?' asked Francisco.