Lovers have lived so long with giants and elves, they won't believe again in their own size.
Life is a picnic on a precipice.
A writer is a maker, not a man of action: his private life is of no concern to anybody but himself, his family and his friends.
The closest modern equivalent to the Homeric hero is the ace fighter pilot.
Fate succumbs many a species: one alone jeopardises itself.
You owe it to all of us all get on with what you're good at.