Christendom and heathendom now stand face to face... At bottom is a violent and irreconcilable quarrel about the nature of God and the nature of an and the ultimate nature of the universe; it is a war of dogma.

What is the use of acquiring one's heart's desire if one cannot handle and gloat over it, show it to one's friends, and gather an anthology of envy and admiration?

If anybody ever marries you, it will be for the pleasure of hearing you talk piffle

Every great man has a woman behind him ... And every great woman has some man or other in front of her, tripping her up.

It's not the innocent young things that need gentle handling--it's the ones that have been frightened and hurt.

Why? Oh, well - I thought you'd be rather an attractive person to marry. That's all. I mean, I sort of took a fancy to you. I can't tell you why. There's no rule about it, you know.

There were crimson roses on the bench; they looked like splashes of blood.