belated maternity has had its compensations; small children have a habit of conferring persistent youth upon their parents, and by their eager vitality postpone the unenterprising cautions and timidities of middle age.

most of us have to be self-righteous before we can be righteous.

We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.

The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.

So many people seem to imagine that because the actual tools of writing are easily accessible, it is less difficult than the other arts. This is entirely an illusion.

The tragedy of journalism lies in its impermanence; the very topicality which gives it brilliance condemns it to an early death. Too often it is a process of flinging bright balloons in the path of the hurricane, a casting of priceless petals upon the rushing surface of a stream.

I thought that spring must last forevermore, For I was young and loved, and it was May.