The slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.
Some hams hanging in the kitchen were taken out for burial
In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion; the more intelligent, the less sane.
For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.
Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me--
What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece? Nothing, except that you happen to be the same person.