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

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

I think you’re beautiful, the only beautiful person I’ve ever seen. I love your voice and everything to do with you, down to your clothes or the room you are sitting in. I adore you.

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

I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.

The test of a round character is whether it is capable of surprising in a convincing way. If it never surprises it is flat. Flat characters ... in their purest form ... are constructed round a single idea or quality; when there is more than one factor to them, we get the beginning of the curve toward the round. The really flat character can be experessed in one sentence such as, "I will never desert Mr Micawber." There is Mrs Micawber - she says she won't desert Mr Micawber; she doesn't, and there she is.

Without form, the sensitiveness vanishes.