Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.
The ideal of morality has no more dangerous rival than the ideal of highest strength, of most powerful life. It is the maximum of the savage.
What delights, what pleasures does your life offer you that outweigh the raptures of death?
Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.
Accident is simply unforeseen order.