A marriage of two independent and equally irritable intelligences seems to me reckless to the point of insanity.

If people will bring dynamite into a powder factory, they must expect explosions.

A marriage of two independent and equally irritable intelligences seems to me reckless to the point of insanity.

He had the appeal of a very young dog of a very large breed -- a kind of amiable absurdity.

Unlike music or poetry or painting, food rouses no response in passionate and emotional youth. Only when the surge of the blood is quieted does gastronomy come into its own with philosophy and theology and the sterner delights of the mind.

We shall know what things are of overmastering importance when they have overmastered us.

I can't think why fancy religions should have such a ghastly effect on one's grammar. It's a kind of intellectual rot that sets in, I'm afraid.