Of the things they possessed in common, greatest of all was their almost uncanny pull at each others hearts.

He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf, muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse.

Englishmen must have an island.

I learned a little of beauty - enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth - and I found, moreover, that there was no great literary tradition; there was only the tradition of the eventful death of every literary tradition.

New friends can often have a better time together than old friends.

Baseball is a game played by idiots for morons.

Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.