Love is the source of our greatest errors; but when it is even partially refined it is the energy and the passion of the soul in its search for Good, the force that joins us to Good and joins us to the world through Good. Its existence is the unmistakable sign that we are spiritual creatures, attracted by excellence and made for the Good. It is a reflection of the warmth and light of the sun.

There is nothing like the bootless solitude of those who are caged together.

I hate solitude but I am afraid of intimacy. The substance of my life is a private conversation with myself and to turn it into a dialogue would be equivalent to self-destruction. The company I need is the company which a pub or a cafe will provide. I have never wanted a communion of souls.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

Of course men play roles, but women play roles too, blanker ones. They have, in the play of life, fewer good lines.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

There is no triumph of good, and if there were it would not be a triumph of good.