The dear girl, I fear, may be contemplating some alarming, disruptive perhaps dangerous project. In which case, I would naturally do all in my power to keep her from any such rash or foolhardy enterprise – unless she wished me to accompany her.

No matter what has happened, you're not a pig-boy; you're an Assistant Pig Keeper!

There's this huge number of desperate people.

She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both come to the right place.

For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.

If you want truth you should begin by giving it.

All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.