One disagreeable result of whispering is that it seems to evoke an atmosphere of silence, haunted by the ghosts of sound - strange cracks and tickings, the rustling of garments that have no substance in them, and the tread of dreadful feet that would leave no mark on the sea-sand or the winter snow.

We never tire of the friendships we form with books.

And I am bored to death with it. Bored to death with this place, bored to death with my life, bored to death with myself.

When I have heard him talking to Papa during the sittings for the picture, I have sat wondering whether it could be that he has no belief in anybody else, because he has no belief in himself.

Love is in all things a most wonderful teacher.

My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.

I think it impossible, utterly impossible, for any Englishman to live here [in America], and be happy.