Critics have been amusing themselves for a long time by auscultating fiction for signs of heart failure.

Surprise will be my last emotion, not fear.

jealousy, the most hideous emotion any human being ever suffers, has nothing to do with the mind. Or not at first.

The hunger of the spirit for eternity - as fierce as a starving man's for bread - is much less a craving to go on living than a craving for redemption. Oh, and a protest against absurdity.

War, for any cause, is inexcusable. There is nothing which excuses us for the beastly ingenuity of our wars. Only fools, only the diseased, think that we are served by killing the strong young men with machines.

Lord, if there is a heartache Vienna cannot cure I hope never to feel it. I came home cured of everything except Vienna.

A minor symptom of wars is the cancerous growth of committees.