For people who like that kind of thing, this is the kind of thing they like.
The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.
Fate weaves the darkness, which is perhaps why she weaves so badly.
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.
A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral.