Behind the corpse in the reservoir, behind the ghost on the links, Behind the lady who dances and the man who madly drinks, Under the look of fatigue, the attack of migraine and the sigh There is always another story, there is more than meets the eye.

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.

Does God judge us by appearances? I Suspect that He does.

August for the people and their favourite islands. Daily the steamers sidle up to meet The effusive welcome of the pier.

The sky is darkening like a stain Something is going to fall like rain And it won't be flowers

Our sufferings and weaknesses, in so far as they are personal, are of no literary interest whatsoever. They are only interesting in so far as we can see them as typical of the human condition.

The only reason the Protestants and Catholics have given up the idea of universal domination is because they've realised they can't get away with it.