A novel is based on evidence, + or -x, the unknown quantity being the temperament of the novelist, and the unknown quantity always modifies the effect of the evidence, and sometimes transforms it entirely.

Science explained people, but could not understand them. After long centuries among the bones and muscles it might be advancing to knowledge of the nerves, but this would never give understanding

The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.

What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

A novel must give a sense of permanence as well as a sense of life.

Human relations are impossible. When they are real they are uncomfortable, and when they are comfortable they are unreal. It was for the journey into solitude that the human soul was created.

...though nothing is damaged, everything is changed.