Before the Roman came to Rye or out to severn strode, / The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road.

Fairy tales are more than true.

Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.

The sane man knows that he has a touch of the beast, a touch of the devil, a touch of the saint, a touch of the citizen. Nay, the really sane man knows that he has a touch of the madman.

[Fairy tales] make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run with water.

Misers get up early in the morning; and burglars, I am informed, get up the night before.

Architecture approaches nearer than any other art to being irrevocable because it is so difficult to get rid of.