If there is hope, it lies in the proles.

The one certain thing was that death never came at an expected moment.

If one harbours anywhere in one's mind a nationalistic loyalty or hatred, certain facts, although in a sense known to be true, are inadmissible.

The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.

A dirty joke is not, of course, a serious attack on morality, but it is a sort of mental rebellion, a momentary wish that things were otherwise.

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return.

It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children