She saw every personal religion as a pair of intersecting circles. . . . Probably perfection is reached when the area of the two outer crescents, added together, is exactly equal to that of the leaf-shaped piece in the middle. On paper there must be some neat mathematical formula for arriving at this; in life, none.

Constructive destruction is one of the most delightful employments in the world, and in civilized life the opportunities for it are only too rare.

I can't abide cats myself, but of course we have to have one in the kitchen to deal with the mice. I insisted on getting a black one, because anything else shows the dirt so in London.

Punctuality is the thief of adventure.

One is what one remembers: no more, no less.

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.

To visit a new country for the first time is great fun; but it is even greater fun to introduce somebody else to a country that you know.