Neanderthal man listened to stories, if one may judge by the shape of his skull.

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another.

She must be assured that it is not a criminal offense to love at first sight.

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.

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.

They had nothing in common but the English language.