The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said

We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties.

Falling in love is something that happens to us, being is love is something we do. No passion is self preservatory.

It is better to forget about yourself altogether.

We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage.

It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to.

It is natural for us to wish that God had designed for us a less glorious and less arduous destiny; but then we are wishing not for more love but for less.