I am actually what my age and my upbringing have made me - a bourgeois who adheres to the British constitution, adheres to it rather than supports it, and the fact that this isn't dignified doesn't worry me.

Books have to be read it is the only way of discovering what they contain.

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

Freedom does not guarantee masterpieces.

Words deserted him immediately. He could only speak when he was not asked to.

Let her go to Italy!" he cried. "Let her meddle with what she doesn't understand!

Lord I disbelieve - help thou my unbelief.