It was an odd friendship, but the oddnesses of friendships are a frequent guarantee of their lasting texture.
Ford Madox FordSix months ago I had never been to England, and, certainly, I had never sounded the depths of an English heart. I had known the shallows.
Ford Madox FordI know nothing - nothing in the world - of the hearts of men. I only know that I am alone - horribly alone.
Ford Madox FordMind, I am not preaching anything contrary to accepted morality. I am not advocating free love in this or any other case. Society must go on, I suppose, and society can only exist if the normal, if the virtuous, and the slightly deceitful flourish, and if the passionate, the headstrong, and the too-truthful are condemned to suicide and madness.
Ford Madox Ford