His words span rivers and mountains, but his thoughts are still only six inches long.

As a writing man, or secretary, I have always felt charged with the safekeeping of all unexpected items of worldly and unworldly enchantment, as though I might be held personally responsible if even a small one were to be lost.

If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.

Democracy is a request from a War Board, in the middle of a morning in the middle of a war, wanting to know what democracy is.

Our vegetable garden is coming along well, with radishes and beans up, and we are less worried about revolution that we used to be.

Nauseous. Nauseated. The first means "sickening to contemplate"; the second means "sick at the stomach." Do not, therefore, say "I feel nauseous," unless you are sure you have that effect on others.

An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.