I am quite likely to re-act to the opposite extreme - to feel rapturously that the world is beautiful and mere existence something to thank God for. I suppose our 'blues' are the price we have to pay for our temperament. 'The gods don't allow us to be in their debt.' They give us sensitiveness to beauty in all its forms but the shadow of the gift goes with it.

Red hair is my life long sorrow.

The night was clear and frosty, all ebony of shadow and silver of snowy slope; big stars were shining over the silent fields; here and there the dark pointed firs stood up with snow powdering their branches and the wind whistling through them.

if I can't get what I want - well, I'll want what I can get.

I know you're a fool, Jim Hardy, but for heaven's sake pretend you're not for five minutes.

It's delightful when your imaginations come true, isn't it?

I must be getting old ... People are beginning to tell me I look so young. They never tell you that when you are young.