Happy is the day whose history is not written down.

when the German propaganda tries to be winsome it is like a clown with homicidal mania - ludicrous and terrifying both at once.

Of all damnable offenses preaching prudence to the young is the most damnable.

... possessiveness cannot accept; it cannot even strike a fair bargain; it has to confer.

The Church has lost a great religious poet in me; but I have lost an infinity of fun in the church, so the loss is even.

London life was very full and exciting [...] But in London there would be no greenhouse with a glossy tank, and no apple-room, and no potting-shed, earthy and warm, with bunches of poppy heads hanging from the ceiling, and sunflower seeds in a wooden box, and bulbs in thick paper bags, and hanks of tarred string, and lavender drying on a tea-tray.

The baby romped on my lap like a short stout salmon.