There is no such thing as freedom on earth," he said. "Only different kinds of bondages. And comparative bondages. YOU think you are free now because you've escaped from a peculiarly unbreakable kind of bondage. But are you? You love me - THAT'S a bondage.

When one great passion seizes possession of the soul all other feelings are crowded out.

she was richer in those dreams than in realities; for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

I wish I were dead, or that it were tomorrow night,' groaned Phil.

Whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either . . . they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think.

I am simply a book drunkard.

You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.