librarianship is one of the few callings in the world for which is it still possible to feel unqualified admiration and respect.

When there is a world scarcity of any commodity, whether it's food or free speech, then the whole world must go on rations in order that eventually the whole world may have it again in plenty.

It oughtn't to need a war to make us talk to each other in buses, and invent our own amusements in the evenings, and live simply, and eat sparingly, and recover the use of our legs, and get up early enough to see the sun rise.

In childhood the daylight always fails too soon - except when there are going to be fireworks.

Punctuality is the thief of adventure.

Words were the only net to catch a mood, the only sure weapon against oblivion.

Giving a party is like having a baby: its conception is more fun than its completion; and once you have begun it, it is almost impossible to stop.