I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry.

It is useless to send armies against ideas.

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small.

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house.

But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty.

I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry.