Jenny, all my life I have wanted to do miracles. I have wanted to be holy. I suppose it was ambition or pride or some other unworthy thing. It was not enough for me to conquer the world--I wanted to conquer heaven too.
T. H. WhiteShe hardly ever thought of him. He had worn a place for himself in some corner of her heart, as a sea shell, always boring against the rock, might do. The making of the place had been her pain. But now the shell was safely in the rock. It was lodged, and ground no longer.
T. H. WhiteI can imagine nothing more terrifying than an Eternity filled with men who were all the same. The only thing which has made life bearableโฆhas been the diversity of creatures on the surface of the globe.
T. H. White