There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things and because it takes a man's life to know them the little that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he has to leave.

I didn't want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you good night — and there's a lot of difference.

I love you and I always will and I am sorry. What a useless word.

We need more true mystery in our lives Hem- he said. The completely unambitious writer and the really good unpublished poem are the things we lack most. There is of course the problem of sustenance

Your blood coagulates beautifully.

Failure and well-disguised cowardice are more human and more beloved.

Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it.