It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.

She saw she had fallen into the hands of one of those doctors who have strayed too far from apparent in the direction of the soul.

Art is not a plaything, but a necessity, and its essence, form, is not a decorative adjustment, but a cup into which life can be poured and lifted to the lips and be tasted.

If ever peace is to be imposed on the world it will only be because a large number of men who could have taken part in the drill display by the Guards or Marines or at the Royal Tournament turn that strength and precision to the service of life.

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.

History sometimes acts as madly as heredity, and her most unpredictable performances are often her most glorious.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.