To accept civilization as it is practically means accepting decay.

Fate seemed to be playing a series of extraordinarily unamusing jokes.

Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.

The weariness of the cell is the vigour of the organism.

Pessimism is reactionary because it makes the very idea of improving the world impossible.

Bombing is not especially inhumane. War itself is inhumane and the bombing plane, which is used to paralyse industry and transport, is a relatively civilised weapon. 'Normal' or 'legitimate' warfare is just as destructive of inanimate objects and enormously so of human lives.

The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile.