Water is the soul of the Earth.

Every high C accurately struck demolishes the theory that we are the irresponsible puppets of fate or chance.

Thank God for books as an alternative to conversation.

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

In a land which is fully settled, most men must accept their local environment or try to change it by political means; only the exceptionally gifted or adventurous can leave to seek his fortune elsewhere. In America, on the other hand, to move on and make a fresh start somewhere else is still the normal reaction to dissatisfaction and failure.

Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape deluding himself into thinking that he is choosing to obey his master's commands when, in fact, he is obliged to. Most slaves of habit suffer from this delusion and so do some writers, enslaved by an all too personal style.

A man is a form of life that dreams in order to act and acts in order to dream.