I found it quite easy to carry on a casual conversation it was as if my real feelings were down fathoms deep in my mind and what we said was just a feathery surface spray.

I believe it is customary to get one's washing over first in baths and bask afterwards; personally, I bask first. I have discovered that the first few minutes are the best and not to be wasted-- my brain always seethes with ideas and life suddenly looks much better than did.

a loss of sensibility follows a loss of innocence, at once a penalty and a compensation.

Well, my paper has asked me to do a series: Lives of the Great Musicians, reading time 2 minutes.

I could hear rain still pouring from the gutters and a thin branch scraping against one of the windows; but the church seemed completely cut off from the restless day outside--just as I felt cut off from the church. I thought: I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.

Stew's so comforting on a rainy day.

My God - it's a green child!" said the American. "What is this place - the House of Usher?