The bully and his victim never quite forget their first relations.

Money pads the edges of things.

But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.

Passion should believe itself irresistible. It should forget civility and consideration and all the other curses of a refined nature. Above all, it should never ask for leave where there is a right of way.

Don't be mysterious; there isn't the time.

This element of surprise or mystery the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called is of great importance in a plot.

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.