The darkness grew apace; a cold wind began to blow in freshening gusts from the east, and the showering white flakes in the air increased in number. From the edge of the sea came a ripple and whisper. Beyond these lifeless sounds the world was silent. Silent? It would be hard to convey the stillness of it. All the sounds of man, the bleating of sheep, the cries of birds, the hum of insects, the stir that makes the background of our lives - all that was over.

After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.

Strength is the outcome of need.

To be honest, one must be inconsistent.

Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth.

The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice

There comes a moment in the day when you have written your pages in the morning, attended to your correspondence in the afternoon, and have nothing further to do. Then comes that hour when you are bored; that's the time for sex.