I don't know what to think until I see what I've said.

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.

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.

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.

She only felt that the candle would burn better, the packing go easier, the world be happier, if she could give and receive some human love.

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.

Man can learn everything if he will but try.