Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction ; they can be deceived by the stories in the women's magazines.

I see people, as they approach me, trying to make up their minds whether they'll 'say something about it' or not. I hate if they do, and if they don't.

Post-Christian man is not the same as Pre-Christian man. He is as far removed as virgin is from widow: there is nothing in common except want of a spouse: but there is a great difference between a spouse-to-be and a spouse lost.

Christian love, either towards God or towards man, is an affair of the will.

Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.

Adventures are never fun while you're having them.

He liked books if they were books of information and had pictures of grain elevators or of fat foreign children doing exercises in model schools.