Courage and fear were one thing too.

Intention, good or bad, is not enough.

I suffer as always from the fear of putting down the first line. It is amazing the terrors, the magics, the prayers, the straightening shyness that assails one.

... every little boy thinks he invented sin.

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

Give me a used Bible and I will, I think, be able to tell you about a man by the places that are edged with the dirt of seeking fingers.

Maybe-- maybe love makes you suspicious and doubting. Is it true that when you love a woman you are never sure-- never sure of her because you aren't sure of yourself?