That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.

No one is ever holy without suffering.

We possess nothing certainly except the past

Now we shall both be alone, and I shall have no way of making you understand.' 'I don't want to make it easier for you,' I said; 'I hope your heart may break; but I do understand.

My father and I were never intimate in the sense of my coming to him with confidences or seeking advice. Our relationship was rather that of host and guest. Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father and son.

There is an Easter sense in which all things are made new in the risen Christ. A tiny gleam of this is reflected in all true art.

When I reached C Company lines, which were at the top of the hill, I paused and looked back at the camp, just coming into full view below me through the grey mist of early morning.