Style is something peculiar to one person; it expresses one personality and one only; it cannot be shared.

words are but drops pressed out of the lives of those who lived them.

The only thing for a pacifist to do is to find a substitute for war.

I suspect anyone self-satisfied enough to refuse lawful pleasures: we are not sufficiently rich in our separate resources to reject the graces of the universe when offered.

To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.

On the other hand, there is a certain advantage in traveling with someone who has a reputation for shooting rather than being shot: as Keram said, in a self-satisfied way, they might kill me, but they would know that, if I was with him, there would be unpleasantness afterwards.

This is a great moment, when you see, however distant, the goal of your wandering. The thing which has been living in your imagination suddenly become part of the tangible world. It matters not how many ranges, rivers or parching dusty ways may lie between you; it is yours now for ever.