A new generation dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success; grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken...

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.

the best contacts are when one knows the obstacles and still wants to preserve a relation.

Most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning.

The unwelcome November rain had perversely stolen the day's last hour and pawned it with that ancient fence, the night.

He had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it.

As we passed over the dark bridge her wan face fell lazily against my coat's shoulder and the formidable stroke of thirty died away with the reassuring pressure of her hand.