To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

Please,' she said, 'You're so beautiful. You may eat me if you like. I'd rather be eaten by you than fed by anyone else.

We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us.

The death of a beloved is an amputation.

He cannot "tempt" to virtue as we do to vice. He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there He is pleased even with their stumbles.

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.

We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.