Childish fantasy, like the sheath over the bud, not only protects but curbs the terrible budding spirit, protects not only innocence from the world, but the world from the power of innocence.

to leap is not only to leap, it is to hit the ground somewhere.

Dialogue should show the relationships among people.

I do like Italian graves; they look so much more lived in.

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.

Curiosity in Rome is a form of courtesy.

I suspect victims; they win in the long run.