Our easiest approach to a definition of any aspect of fiction is always by considering the sort of demand it makes on the reader. Curiosity for the story, human feelings and a sense of value for the characters, intelligence and memory for the plot. What does fantasy ask of us? It asks us to pay something extra.

. . . life is sometimes life and sometimes only a drama, and one must learn to distinguish t'other from which . . .

Lord I disbelieve - help thou my unbelief.

The hungry and the homeless don't care about liberty any more than they care about cultural heritage. To pretend that they do care is cant.

Man has to pick up the use of his functions as he goes along- especially the function of Love.

A work of art is never finished. It is merely abandoned.

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.