My sole wish is to frustrate as utterly as possible the post-mortem exploiter.

She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.

Most English talk is a quadrille in a sentry-box.

To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.

All roads lead to Rome, and there were times when it might have struck us that almost every branch of study or subject of conversation skirted forbidden ground.

The advantage, the luxury, as well as the torment and responsibility of the novelist, is that there is no limit to what he may attempt as an executant - no limit to his possible experiments, efforts, discoveries, successes.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.