A woman loses a charm with every pin she takes out.

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.

When the soul of a man is born in this country there are nets flown at it to hold it back from flight.

and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.

When the short days of winter came, dusk fell before we had well eaten our dinners. When we met in the street the houses had grown sombre. The space of sky above us was the colour of ever-changing violet and towards it the lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns. The cold air stung us and we played till our bodies glowed. Our shouts echoed in the silent street.

It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.

The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring.