One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round.

I suspect victims; they win in the long run.

Curiosity in Rome is a form of courtesy.

Though not all reading children grow up to be writers, I take it that most creative writers must in their day have been reading children.

The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of one's self-respect.

We have really no absent friends.