The clerisy are those who seek, and find, delight and enlargement of life in books. The clerisy are those for whom reading is a personal art.

No, it's the musicians and I must say they are an accomplished bunch, but odd, as musicians tend to be. Is it the vibration from their instruments, do you suppose, working on the brain? All that fraught buzzing?

There is absolutely no point in sitting down to write a book unless you feel that you must write that book, or else go mad, or die.

In my experience tact is usually worse than the brutalities of truth.

In the end, it is upon the quality and commitment of individuals that all group movements depend.

Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.

Oh hearts! Nobody gets through life without a broken heart. The important thing is to break the heart so that when it mends it will be stronger than before.