She stopped and leant her elbows against the parapet of the embankment. He did likewise. There is at times a magic in identity of position; it is one of the things that have suggested to us eternal comradeship.

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

He had shown her all the workings of his soul, mistaking this for love.

The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.

At times our need for a sympathetic gesture is so great that we care not what exactly it signifies or how much we may have to pay for it afterwards.