I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.

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.

Human beings have their great chance in the novel.

The hungry and the homeless don't care about liberty any more than they care about cultural heritage. To pretend that they do care is cant.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

It's miles worse for you than that; I'm in love with your gamekeeper.