It is devilish difficult to criticise society & also create human beings.

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

I'm a holy man minus the holiness. Hand that on to your three spies, and tell them to put it in their pipes.

I have said that each aspect of the novel demands a different quality of the reader. Well, the prophetic aspect demands two qualities: humility and the suspension of the sense of humour.

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.

I hated the idleness, the stupidity, the respectability, the petty unselfishness.

They go forth [into the world] with well-developed bodies, fairly developed minds and undeveloped hearts. An undeveloped heart - not a cold one. The difference is important.