Realism is simply Romanticism that has lost its reason...that is its reason for existing.

Everyone seems to assume that the unscrupulous parts of journalism will be the frivolous or jocular parts. This is against all ethical experience. Jokes are generally honest. Complete solemnity is almost always dishonest. The writer of the snippet merely refers to a frivolous and fugitive fact in a frivolous and fugitive way. The writer of the leading article has to write about a fact he has known for 20 minutes as though he has studied it for 20 years.

The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

All we know of the Missing Link is that he is missing - and he won't be missed either.

There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.

Is ditchwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.

The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.