Exactly what the fairy tale does is this: it accustoms him for a series of clear pictures to the idea that these limitless terrors had a limit, that these shapeless enemies have enemies in the knights of God, that there is something in the universe more mystical than darkness, and stronger than strong fear.

The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.

There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.

humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle

The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.

A man imagines a happy marriage as a marriage of love; even if he makes fun of marriages that are without love, or feels sorry for lovers who are without marriage.

He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical.