Ambition, old as mankind, the immemorial weakness of the strong.

I miss you even more than I could have believed; and I was prepared to miss you a good deal.

Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin his novel.

Tools have their own integrity.

Things were not tragic for us then, because although we cared passionately we didn't care deeply.

Travel is a private pleasure, since it consists entirely of things felt and things seen.

Travel is in sad case. It is uncomfortable, it is expensive; it is a source of annoyance to our friends, and of loneliness to ourselves.