Not even a collapsing world looks dark to a man who is about to make his fortune.
Familiarity is the thing-the sense of belonging. It grants exemption from all evil, all shabbiness.
It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
If I can fool a bug... I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs.
The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.
Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had. And when you are reading a book, you and the author are alone together-just the two of you.