His statement to himself should have been, 'I possess this now, therefore I am happy', instead of what it so Victorianly was: "I cannot possess this for ever, and therefore am sad."

One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is true

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them.

He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

There are two kinds of hangover: in one you feel ill and incapable, in the other you feel ill and lucid.

The profoundest distances are never geographical.