the English don't go in for imagination: imagination is considered to be improper if not downright alarmist.

If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat.

... people miss a great deal by being sensible.

It is alleged that half a million Spanish men, women and children fled to France after the Franco victory.

Officialdom is hostile to inquiring outsiders.

By its existence, the Peace Movement denies that governments know best; it stands for a different order of priorities: the human race comes first.

I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical person.