Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

Stew's so comforting on a rainy day.

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 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.

Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic drink and though I never come by one...I can well believe it.

I could marry the Devil himself if he had some money.

If you love people, you take them on trust.