Again I must remind you that a dog's a dog-a cat's a cat.

Hungry Hatred, will not strive against intelligence self-interest.

After such knowledge, what forgiveness?

Most contemporary novels are not really "written." They obtain what reality they have largely from an accurate rendering of the noises that human beings currently make in their daily simple needs of communication; and what part of a novel is not composed of these noises consists of a prose which is no more alive than that of a competent newspaper writer or government official. A prose that is altogether alive demands something of the reader that the ordinary novel-reader is not prepared to give.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

The naming of cats is a difficult matter. It isn't just one of your holiday games. You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter. When I tell you a cat must have three different names.

The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence