And no book, and possibly no painting, when it is finished, is ever exactly like the first dream of it.

I have no television - I hate it.

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother

The conversation seemed just as boring and forgettable as details of American history around 1805, for example.

Dusk was falling quickly. It was just after 7 P.M., and the month was October.

one blow in anger [would] kill, probably, a child from aged two to eight. Those over eight would take two blows to kill.

For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.