So the lover must struggle for words.

Signs are taken for wonders. / 'We would see a sign!' / The word within a word, unable to speak a word, / Swaddled with darkness.

The Church must be forever building, for it is forever decaying within and attacked from without.

He had a mind so fine that no idea could violate it

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored nor accepted.

Before a cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend, some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream.

Humankind can't stand too much reality.