The slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.

The tendency of advanced capitalism has been to enlarge the middle class and not to wipe it out, as it once seemed likely to do.

Nothing holds it together except an idea which is indestructible.

He felt as though he were wandering in the forests of the sea bottom, lost in a monstrous world where he himself was the monster. He was alone. The past was dead, the future was unimaginable

All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes.

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

You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that evey sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.