The truth was that for some months he had been going through that partitioning of the things of youth wherein it is decided whether or not to die for what one no longer believes.

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he is rather tired of something in himself.

But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.

Strange children should smile at each other and say, "Let's play.

I'm merely trying to give you the sort of argument that would appeal to your intelligence.

She admired him; she was used to clutching her hands together in his wake and heaving audible sighs.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.