But poetry is not to be lived, except for the few to whom it is more important than self-preservation.
How long, I wonder, will ignorance spell purity and knowledge shame?
One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.
Convention is another name for the habits of society.
anything that becomes a cult, or a mass movement, loses its moral and spiritual value. The crusade has to be personal, individual. As soon as it becomes collective it loses its purpose.
[On Ian Fleming:] The trouble with Ian is that he gets off with women because he can't get on with them.